Leadership Bio

Stephen East

Stephen East

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. East has spent over three decades in equity research and investment management with a focus on the consumer. Mr. East has been a member of the Board of Directors for Toll Brothers, Inc., A FORTUNE 500 Company, since March 2020, where he is the chairperson of the board’s public debt and equity securities committee and a member of the audit & risk committee and executive compensation committee. Mr. East also serves as a member of the board of directors of Viven Education, LLC, from November 2021. Prior to his retirement in July 2019, Mr. East served as a managing director and senior consumer analyst at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Mr. East has a Bachelor of Sciences in Finance from Arkansas State University and an MBA from the University of Missouri. Mr. East is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

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