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Board of Directors. The board has formed several committees including: Board Members: Jonathan Bilzin. Mr. Bilzin is a Managing Director in the New York office of TowerBrook Capital Partners, LP. Prior to the formation of TowerBrook in 2005, Mr. Bilzin was a partner at Soros Private Equity, which he joined in 1999. Previously, Mr. Bilzin was a member of the Principal Investment Area and Real Estate Principal Investment Area of Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York. Mr. Bilzin serves on the board of directors of numerous TowerBrook portfolio companies including Cantata Technologies, Spheris Inc. and Unison Site Management. Mr. Bilzin earned his B.A. from the University of Michigan and received his M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Edward Vermont Blanchard, Jr. Mr. Blanchard currently serves as a Senior Advisor for Financial Services investments for Bear Stearns Merchant Banking (“BSMB”). From 1986 to 1999, Mr. Blanchard worked in investment banking for Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., serving as a Managing Director specializing in mergers and acquisitions for insurance and other financial services companies between 1990 and 1999. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Blanchard served as Executive Vice President – Strategy & Acquisitions of Bankrate, Inc., and from 2000 to 2001 he served as Director, Strategic Finance for Intelli-Tax. Currently, Mr. Blanchard serves as a Director of Scientific Learning Corporation (SCIL – NASDAQ), and is Chair of Scientific Learning’s Audit Committee. Mr. Blanchard is a Trustee of the American Folk Art Museum, its Treasurer and a member of its Executive Committee. In addition, he is a Trustee of Yorkville Common Pantry. Mr. Blanchard holds a B.A. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Scott L. Bok. Mr. Bok is Co-President of Greenhill & Co., Inc., a NYSE-listed mergers, acquisitions and restructuring advisory firm that he joined as a Managing Director in 1997, shortly after it was founded. He is also a founder and Managing Director of Greenhill Capital Partners, the firm’s merchant banking fund, which manages more than $1 billion of capital. He serves on the Board of Directors of Greenhill, Heartland Payment Systems and Dyson-Kissner-Moran Corporation. Before joining Greenhill, Mr. Bok was a Managing Director in the Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring Department of Morgan Stanley & Co., based in New York and London. In more than ten years at Morgan Stanley, he advised corporations throughout North America, Europe and Asia in a variety of industries on acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings and joint ventures. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, he practiced mergers and acquisitions and securities law in New York with Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz for more than two years. John Clements. Mr. Clements is the Managing Partner of Tara Investment Partners LLC, a private investment partnership that invests in the insurance industry. He was a co-founder of Integro and has served on its Board of Directors and as Senior Advisor since its formation in 2005. From 1995 until 2005, he was a Principal of MMC Capital, Inc. (now Stone Point Capital LLC), a global private equity firm that serves as the manager of the Trident Funds, which have raised in excess of $3 billion in committed capital for investments in the insurance, employee benefits and financial services industries. Previously, Mr. Clements was with Bankers Trust Co. N.A. (now Deutsche Bank AG) where he held various positions from 1987 to 1995, most recently as Vice President of BT Securities Corp. He has served as a director and represented the founding investors in various “start-up” companies in the insurance industry, including Advisen Ltd., Altus Ltd. (now Arch), American Strategic Insurance (ARX Holding Corp.), Global Specialty Risk, Inc. (now part of AIG), Integro and James River Group, Inc. (JRVR – Nasdaq). He was also involved in the creation of Axis Capital Holdings (AXS – NYSE) and is currently a director of Island Heritage Insurance Ltd. He holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Anderson School at the University of California, Los Angeles. Robert Clements. Mr. Clements is currently the non-executive Chairman of Integro, which he founded in 2005. Prior to Integro, Mr. Clements was Chairman of Arch, which he founded in 1995. Prior to Arch, Mr. Clements served as President and a Director of MMC. He also was the founder of MMC’s private equity business, MMC Capital, Inc. (now Stone Point Capital LLC), and served as its Chief Executive Officer until 1996. Previously, he was responsible for Marsh’s worldwide insurance brokering operations for many years. Mr. Clements is a director of Integro, as well as a former director of ACE, Arch, Mid Ocean, Hiscox PLC, Island Heritage Insurance and XL. He is the Chairman of the Risk Foundation, Chairman Emeritus of the College of Insurance, former Chairman of the Board of Overseers of the School of Risk Management at St. John’s University, and an Overseer Emeritus of the Institute for Civil Justice. He has served the U.S. Government as a member of its Services Policy Advisory Committee and of the President’s Advisory Commission on Product Liability and was the recipient of The Free Enterprise Award in 1987. He holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College. Robert V. Deutsch. Mr. Deutsch is Chief Executive Officer of Ironshore. Prior to the formation of Ironshore, he was an advisor to various companies and private investors in the insurance industry. From 1999 to 2004, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for CNA Financial Corp. (CNA – NYSE). Prior to CNA, Mr. Deutsch was one of the founders of Executive Risk (now part of Chubb), where he held a number of leadership positions from 1987 to 1999, including President of its insurance operating companies, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Actuary. Prior to Executive Risk, Mr. Deutsch was with Swiss Re, and before that was an actuarial consultant with Ernst & Young beginning in 1981. Mr. Deutsch is currently a director of two public insurance companies, Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. (PTP – NYSE) and Chaucer Holdings PLC (Lloyd's; CHU – LSE), as well as of Wilton Re Holdings Limited. He is also a Fellow and former director of the Casualty Actuarial Society. He holds a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. James Halow. Mr. Halow is a Principal of Calera Capital (formerly Fremont Partners). Within this small group of professionals, Mr. Halow has led in the evaluation of a number of investments in financial services, building products, and a range of other industries. He also works closely with the management teams of Calera portfolio companies to develop strategies and financial and operational objectives. Prior to joining Calera Capital in 2000, Mr. Halow worked for Salomon Smith Barney’s Technology Investment Banking Group in San Francisco. Mr. Halow graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University with a B.A. degree in Economics and English. Mr. Halow serves on the Board of Directors of the Okizu Foundation. Russell John. Mr. John retired as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Swiss Re Underwriters Agency on December 31, 2006. Previously, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Underwriters Reinsurance Company. He joined Underwriters Re in 1987 as Chief Actuary, became President and Chief Operating Officer in 1995 and Chief Executive Officer in 1998. After the company was purchased by Swiss Re in 2000, Mr. John stayed on as CEO. Prior to Underwriters Re, he held various senior positions at Prudential Reinsurance Company and Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Company. Mr. John is a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and has served on numerous CAS and other industry committees. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Jonathan H. Kagan. Mr. Kagan is a Managing Principal of Corporate Partners. Previously, Mr. Kagan was a Managing Director of Corporate Partners I, which he joined in 1990, and of Centre Partners Management LLC, which managed the Centre Capital funds. He began his career in the investment banking division of Lazard in 1980 and became a General Partner in 1987. At Lazard, Mr. Kagan helped head the corporate finance and capital markets areas. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Gevity HR Inc. and is or has been a member of the Board of Directors of a number of NYSE- and NASDAQ-listed companies and private companies. Mr. Kagan received an M.A. (1st Hon.) from Oxford University and an A.B., summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Harvard College. David E. King. Mr. King joined BSMB in 2001. He focuses on investments in financial and business services companies and is a member of BSMB’s Investment Committee. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of ACA Capital Holdings, Inc. (ACA – NYSE). Mr. King sits on the Board of Directors of a number of privately held companies, including Cavalry Investments, LLC, GlobalVantEdge, Inc., Churchill Financial Holdings, LLC, and Caribbean Financial Group. In addition, Mr. King serves on the advisory board of Falconhead Capital, LLC, a private equity fund focused on leisure and lifestyle investments. From 1990 to 2000, Mr. King was a Managing Director of McCown De Leeuw & Co., a middle market private equity fund, where he oversaw its New York office investment operations. Mr. King’s prior experience includes General Atlantic Partners, Schlumberger Ltd., and Sohio Petroleum. He received an M.B.A. from Stanford University, an M.S. from the Stony Brook University, and a B.A. from Rice University. He is a member of the Stony Brook University Graduate School Dean’s Council. Joshua H. Neuman. Mr. Neuman is a Vice President of BSMB. Prior to joining BSMB in 2001, Mr. Neuman worked at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in the Real Estate Merchant Banking and Leveraged Finance groups from 1996 through 1999. Mr. Neuman holds an M.B.A., with high distinction as a George F. Baker Scholar, from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Economics, summa cum laude, from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Top of Page Ronald A. Sandler. Mr. Sandler has many years of global financial services experience and is a recognized leader within the London insurance market. His early career was with the Boston Consulting Group, Booz Allen & Hamilton, and as Chief Executive of Martin Bierbaum Group and Exco. He was Chief Executive Officer of Lloyd’s of London from 1995 until 1999, playing a key role in Lloyd’s Reconstruction and Renewal, and subsequently Chief Operating Officer of NatWest Group. He is currently a director of Fortis, Computacenter plc and several private companies. Mr. Sandler joined the Board of Ironshore in October 2007. He has a degree in engineering from Cambridge and a MBA from Stanford University. Mark Williamson. Mr. Williamson is a Managing Partner of Calera Capital (formerly Fremont Partners) and a member of the General Partner. Prior to joining Calera Capital in 1996, Mr. Williamson was a Managing Director at the Harvard Private Capital Group, Inc., where he was a member of a small team responsible for managing a $1.6 billion private equity portfolio. While at the Harvard Management Company, Mark led an investment in the Charman Syndicates to form the first corporate capital syndicate at Lloyd’s – Tarquin PLC Prior to Harvard, he was an Associate at ESL Partners, Inc., a private investment partnership pursuing value-oriented investments in private and public equity and debt securities. He began his career at Goldman Sachs International Corporation and McKinsey & Company, Inc. Mr. Williamson currently serves as Chairman of the Board of IPS Corporation and as a Director of Software Architects, Inc. He is the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Specialty Brands, Inc., former Director of Juno Lighting, Inc., and a former Director of Tarquin PLC. Mr. Williamson is also a former Director of Risk Capital Holdings (now Arch Capital Group). Mr. Williamson earned a B.A. from Oxford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar, a Kennedy Memorial Scholar, and recipient of the Loeb Rhoades Fellow finance prize. Paul J. Zepf. Mr. Zepf is a Managing Principal of Corporate Partners. Previously, he was a Managing Director of Corporate Partners I, which he joined in 1989, and of Centre Partners Management LLC, which managed the Centre Capital funds. He began his career with the Merchant Banking Department of Morgan Stanley & Co. in 1987. Mr. Zepf has been a member of the board of directors of a number of NYSE- and NASDAQ-listed and private companies, and is currently a director of BUCA, Inc. He received a B.A. in Economics, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Notre Dame. Ironshore Founding Investors. Bear Stearns Merchant Banking (www.bsmb.com), the private equity affiliate of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (BSC – NYSE), invests private equity capital in compelling leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and growth capital opportunities alongside superior management teams. BSMB focuses on investments principally in middle-market retail, financial services and consumer products companies. Since its formation in 1997, BSMB has been an investor in over 50 portfolio companies. BSMB manages nearly $5 billion of private equity capital, including its new $2.7 billion institutional fund and capital dedicated to its affiliate, Bear Growth Capital Partners. Corporate Partners (www.corporatepartnersllc.com) is a private equity fund targeting significant minority-stake investments in established public and private companies. Corporate Partners invests in solutionssm by providing equity and equity-related capital to support companies where there is a value-added use of proceeds such as a strategic acquisition, the pursuit of a growth initiative, strengthening the balance sheet, increasing shareholder stability and other important corporate needs. Corporate Partners is a business unit of Lazard Alternative Investments, a merchant banking firm that manages over $2 billion. Calera Capital (formerly Fremont Partners) (www.caleracapital.com), founded in 1991, is a private investment partnership that has managed more than $2 billion of equity investments in 22 companies, representing a total transaction value of $5.6 billion. With offices in San Francisco and Boston, Calera Capital invests across a diverse range of industries, including financial services, business services, food and consumer products, healthcare, building products, and industrial manufacturing. Calera Capital makes substantial equity investments in operating companies, typically with enterprise values up to $1 billion, and seeks to build long term sustainable value by working with management teams to implement strategic and operating initiatives. TowerBrook Capital Partners (www.towerbrook.com) is a private equity firm with more than $2.5 billion under management. The firm has offices in London and New York and focuses on making investments in European and North American companies. TowerBrook pursues private equity investments in large and middle market companies, partnering with highly capable management teams. Greenhill Capital Partners (www.greenhillcapitalpartners.com) manages several private equity funds with an aggregate of $1.3 billion in committed capital, focusing on the financial services, energy and telecommunications industries. Its publicly traded portfolio companies include: Global Signal Inc., Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. and Hercules Offshore, Inc. Greenhill Capital is an affiliate of Greenhill & Co., Inc. (GHL – NYSE), an independent global investment banking firm with offices in New York, London, Frankfurt, Toronto and Dallas. Tara Investment Partners and its affiliated funds were formed by Robert Clements and John Clements to partner with leading management teams and sophisticated investors in making private equity investment in the insurance industry.
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