John Stephens

John Stephens is a co-founder of EMA， and serves as a Managing Partner. John has over a decade of experience working in emerging markets， including in private equity， and advising middle-market companies on acquisitions， cross-border expansion， and management-led buyouts.

From 2001 through 2006， John was Vice President of Projects International and later a co-founder with Nick Morriss and Managing Director of Cape Point Capital， where he focused on mergers and acquisitions， buyouts， and expansion capital assignments with middle-market companies in Asia， the Middle East， and Southern Africa， and private equity advisory assignments throughout the emerging markets.

From 1999 through 2001， John was a Senior Investment Analyst with Global Environment Fund （“GEF”）， a US$800 million multi-fund manager investing in infrastructure and environmentally-related companies in Emerging Markets. At GEF， he managed a US$70 million portfolio of listed and private assets invested in Brazil， Russia， India， and Southern Africa in the forest products， power， telecommunications， and water sectors. On behalf of other GEF funds， he also screened， evaluated and performed due diligence investment opportunities throughout the emerging markets.

From 1990 through 1996， John held a series of positions relating to the former Soviet Union， where he lived for four years. He began his international career in 1990 at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow， where he worked on the staffs of Ambassadors Robert S. Strauss and Jack F. Matlock.

In 1998， he earned a MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. In 1990， he received a BA in Russian and East European Studies from the University of Washington.

John speaks Russian and has written articles and spoken at conferences on the subjects of private equity and corporate governance in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. He previously served as Vice Chairman and Secretary/Treasurer of the Ukraine-U.S. Business Council， a Washingt