Mr. Spiegel is a founding partner and is responsible for managing Pine Brook's financial services investing activities. He brings over 22 years of private equity experience to the firm. Mr. Spiegel is a director of AloStar Bank of Commerce, Aurigen Capital Limited, Essent Group Ltd., Green Bancorp, Inc., Syndicate Holding Corp. and Third Point Reinsurance Ltd.

Mr. Spiegel was with the Cypress Group from its inception in 1994 until 2006, managing its financial services and healthcare investing activities. Prior to joining Cypress, Mr. Spiegel worked in the Merchant Banking Group at Lehman Brothers. He has served on the board of directors of 15 companies, including four publicly traded corporations. He is currently a director of Lancashire Holdings Limited, a global provider of specialty insurance products.

Mr. Spiegel holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics, an M.A. in Economics from the University of Western Ontario and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.