Leadership

Our founding Partners have a cumulative 95 years of experience at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Credit Suisse.  Edge Capital's Partners maintain a steadfast commitment to provide consistent, personal attention for each and every client. This means a strict adherence to the highest standard of fiduciary responsibility from each partner and our support professionals.

	Peek Garlington, III  Partner, 404-890-7712  Peek is a founding Partner of Edge Capital Partners, LLC. Prior to the formation of Edge Capital Partners Peek was a Director at Credit Suisse Private Banking, USA where he was a member of a distinguished wealth management team providing institutional, family office, and individual client investment solutions. Peek joined Credit Suisse from Lehman Brothers, Inc. where he spent 14 years in Lehman Brother's Institutional Fixed Income and Private Equity divisions. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers. Peek was at the Garlington Group, a family controlled property and casualty brokerage house. Peek graduated from Georgia State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing and later earned his Associate in Risk Management (ARM) and his Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter(CPCU) designations. Peek is actively involved in environmental and children’s health causes in the United States. He is married with four children.
	Paul R. P. Izlar Partner, 404-890-7715  Paul is a founding Partner of Edge Capital Partners, LLC. Prior to Edge Capital, Paul was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse, National Head of Client Acquisition, and Southeast Regional Managing Director for Credit Suisse Private Banking. He joined Credit Suisse from Octagon Advisory Group, LLC, where he was Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to this, Paul worked at Morgan Stanley for eight years as an Executive Director/Principal in the Private Wealth Management Group. Paul joined Morgan Stanley from Cushman & Wakefield as a director in commercial/financial real-estate. Paul earned a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia. Paul is currently a member of the Investment Committee at the Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia.
	Harry M. T. Jones Partner, 404-890-7711  Harry is a founding Partner of Edge Capital Partners, LLC and he co-heads the firm’s investment research team. Prior to co-founding Edge Capital Partners, LLC, Harry was a Director at Credit Suisse where he managed 40 private client portfolios totaling $1 billion in assets. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Morgan Stanley for three years and a Portfolio Assistant/Analyst for three years at U.S. Trust Company of New York. Harry was mentored by David Williams, portfolio manager of the Columbia Value and Restructuring Fund. Harry earned a Bachelor of Arts in History and Economics (with distinction, Omicron Delta Epsilon) from Hampden-Sydney College and earned a Master of Business Administration from Kenan-Flagler Business School (UNC-Chapel Hill). He is a member of St. Phillips Cathedral and is married with three children.
	William A. Maner, IV Partner, 404-890-7710  Bill is a founding Partner of Edge Capital Partners, LLC. Bill also serves as the firm’s Chief Operating Partner. Prior to Edge Capital, Bill was a Principal in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley in New York and Atlanta. During his tenure, Bill was responsible for corporate finance in the Southeast and was the Operations Officer for Corporate Finance, where he sat on the firm’s investment committee. Clients included companies in the food and beverage, business services, manufacturing, consumer products and technology industries where he sourced and executed transactions in mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, common stock, high yield, and investment grade debt investments. Bill was also the Chief Financial Officer of EzGov, Inc., a venture backed technology service company, and a Certified Public Accountant at Arthur Andersen. Bill graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Washington and Lee University and earned a Master in Business Administration from the University of Virginia’s Darden School.
	Bert A. Rayle Partner, 404-890-7713  Bert is a founding Partner of Edge Capital Partners, LLC. Prior to Edge, Bert spent 25 years at Goldman Sachs in the Private Wealth Management Division. For over seven years, Bert  was the Regional Manager of Goldman’s Latin American, Caribbean, and Florida efforts while he was based in Goldman's Miami office. Bert established Goldman Sachs Atlanta office in 1997 and was the Southeast Regional Manager until 2000, when he left to devote his efforts to full-time client wealth management. Bert graduated from the University of Vermont with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and earned his Master of Business Administration from Dartmouth’s Amos Tuck School of Business. He is actively involved on the Board of Directors of both the Woodruffs Arts Center and the High Museum of Art.
	William C. Skeean, CFA Partner, 404-890-7714  Will is a founding Partner of Edge Capital Partners, LLC. Prior to the formation of Edge Capital Partners, Will worked at Goldman Sachs for six years where he oversaw asset allocation and manager selection for private client and institutional portfolios. Will graduated Summa Cum Laude from Emory University with a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Goizueta Business School and a second major in Economics from Emory College. Later, he earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.