James Fisher Bio

Mr. Fisher is a senior investment professional with over 20 years of financial services and investment experience. From April 1, 1997, through April 1, 2012, Mr. Fisher served as Managing Member of Fisher Capital Corp. LLC, an affiliate of KKR, where he assisted in identifying and analyzing investment opportunities in financial services. Mr. Fisher has also spent a large portion of his career as an insurance executive at various companies. He was Chairman and CEO of Bristol West Holdings, Inc., a non-standard automobile insurer and a KKR portfolio company from 2000 to 2006, and prior to that, he was at American Reinsurance Corporation from 1986 to 1997, where his roles included Chief Financial Officer of American Re Corporation, President of American Reinsurance Financial Products and President and Chief Executive Officer of American Reinsurance Asset Managers. As a key member of KKR’s financial services team, Mr. Fisher also served on the boards of Willis Group Holdings Limited (global insurance and reinsurance broker), First Data Corporation (one of the largest credit card processing companies in the U.S.), and Alea Group Holdings (a Bermuda-based international reinsurance company). Prior to American Re Corporation, he was a Director of Insurance Industry Services at Price Waterhouse. He is a former Trustee for The National World War II Museum and the American Foundation for the Blind, and is a member of the Standing Committee of Lafayette College Board of Trustees. Mr. Fisher received a B.A. in Economics from Lafayette College, and is a certified public accountant.