Jay Leek is a Senior Vice President and the Chief Information Security Officer for Blackstone.  He joined the firm in May 2012. 

Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Leek established, built, and headed up global information risk and security programs for Equifax and Nokia.  Over the past 19 years, Mr. Leek has also worked as a product manager for information security vendors as well as a consultant to numerous telecommunications companies, government agencies and financial institutions, assisting them with business development, strategic planning and architectural design required to meet their information risk and security objectives. 

Mr. Leek received a Bachelor of Science in Information Assurance and Security summa cum laude from Capella University, and he is a Certified Information Security Manager, Certified Information Systems Security Professional and Certified Information Systems Auditor.