BOARD MEMBERS

Chair of the Board
Managing Director & Vice Chairman, J.C. Flowers & Co.

Mr. Porté is a Managing Director and Vice Chairman at JCF. Prior to joining the firm in 2009, Mr. Porté was with Shinsei Bank, Limited for approximately five years, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer and in various other executive roles. Before joining Shinsei’s management team, Mr. Porté spent 22 years at Morgan Stanley & Co., where he served in various capacities in capital markets, corporate finance and management in New York, London and Tokyo, ultimately becoming a Managing Director and the President, Representative Director and Branch Manager of Morgan Stanley Japan. Mr. Porté serves on the Board of Directors for Chi-X Asia Pacific.

Mr. Porté earned an A.B, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, in Economics from Harvard College and a MBA with high honors from Harvard Business School. He served as Chairman of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission from 2008 to 2013, and is founding member and Co-Chair of the Asia Society Japan Center.