Bio

Mr. Van Geyzel is the President & CEO of Alleghany Capital.He is a member of the board of directors of: (i) Concord; (ii) IPS; (iii) Jazwares; (iv) Kentucky Trailer; (v) Piedmont Manufacturing; (vi) PCT; (vii) W&WǀAFCO Steel; and (viii) Wilbert. Prior to the formation of Alleghany Capital Corporation in 2013, Mr. Van Geyzel was a Vice President at Alleghany Capital Partners LLC, Alleghany Corporation’s public and private capital investment group, which he joined in 2007. Prior to joining Alleghany Corporation, Mr. Van Geyzel was an investment professional at Copper Arch Capital LLC, where he focused on long and short investments in the public equity markets, and Brown Brothers Harriman’s 1818 Mezzanine Funds, L.P., where he focused on a variety of private equity and mezzanine debt transactions in a wide range of industries. Before Brown Brothers Harriman, Mr. Van Geyzel worked in UBS Warburg LLC’s Leveraged Finance Group. Mr. Van Geyzel graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in both History and Economics. He holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.