Mr. Thompson has been a partner at Aquiline Capital Partners LLC, a New York-based private equity firm, since 2009. Prior to joining Aquiline, he was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Wachovia Corporation from 1999 to 2008. Mr. Thompson previously served in numerous financial industry leadership positions, including Chairman of The Clearing House, The Financial Services Roundtable and The Financial Services Forum, and President of the Federal Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board. He also currently serves as a director of LendingTree, Inc. (NasdaqGS:TREE) and Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. (NasdaqGS:PNFP), and as a trustee of the Morehead-Cain Foundation.