Mr. Johnston joined Pine Brook in April 2008 and is a principal on the financial services investment team. He currently serves as a director of Aurigen Capital Limited.

He came to Pine Brook from Lightyear Capital, a middle-market private equity investor in financial services, where he was a senior associate responsible for transactions in the insurance and specialty finance sectors, among others. While at Lightyear, Mr. Johnston was a member of the team that bought Collegiate Funding Services, a student loan consolidation company, and served as chief financial strategist for Collegiate Funding Services during the early stages of Lightyear's investment. Prior to joining Lightyear, Mr. Johnston was an analyst in the Office of the Chairman at PaineWebber, Inc., where he worked on corporate strategy initiatives and was a member of PaineWebber's Strategic Venture Capital Fund. He began his career in PaineWebber's Private Client Group.

Mr. Johnston holds a B.A. from Colby College and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.