Bio

Brad Pietras is the Director of Finance at Level where he oversees finance. Prior to joining Level, Brad was a Vice President and the Controller at Lightyear Capital where he was responsible for all finance, accounting, and tax functions. Previously, Brad worked at Blackstone in corporate private equity finance and oversaw some of the firm’s flagship and geographic/sector focused funds. Before Blackstone, Brad was a Manager at Grant Thornton where he lead audit and accounting advisory engagements of private equity funds, hedge funds, and their management companies and his experience included assisting clients in the M&A process for the acquisition of asset manager equity interest. Brad began his career in the assurance practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers servicing clients in the asset management industry. Brad holds an M.B.A. in Financial Management and a B.S. in Accounting from La Salle University, where he attended on an athletic scholarship and graduated magna cum laude. He earned both degrees as a participant in the university’s 4-year BS/MBA dual degree program. Brad is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of New York.