Mr. Porté is an operating partner of J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC, a private equity firm focused exclusively on financial services. In this capacity, he currently serves as CEO of NPG Wealth Management, a Luxembourg-based insurance group; chairman of Equita, a Milan-based investment bank; director of Compagnie Européenne de Prévoyance (CEP), a Nantes-based insurance brokerage firm; and a board observer of Sicom, a Mumbai-based non-bank financial services company.

Mr. Porté worked previously at Shinsei Bank, Ltd., Tokyo, where he served as vice chairman and president and CEO. From 1982 to 2003, he served in various capacities at Morgan Stanley in New York, London, and Tokyo, including as president and branch manager of Morgan Stanley Japan.

He holds an AB, magna cum laude in economics from Harvard College and an MBA with high honors from Harvard Business School. He has held leadership roles in a number of Harvard activities, including serving as president of the Harvard Club of Japan and his current role as a member of the Board of Dean’ s Advisors of Harvard Business School. He is chairman of the Japan-US Friendship Commission and the US-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange, appointments designated by the President of the United States.