John is the Managing Partner of Tara Investment Partners LLC, a private investment partnership that invests in the insurance industry, and was a co-founder of Ironshore Inc. and Integro Ltd. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of Integro. From 1995 until 2005, he was a Principal of MMC Capital, Inc. (now Stone Point Capital LLC), a private equity firm that manages the Trident Funds. Previously, he held various positions with Bankers Trust Company (now Deutsche Bank) from 1987 to 1995.
In addition to his central role in starting Integro and Ironshore, John served as a director and represented the founding investors in various start-up companies in the insurance industry, including Advisen Ltd., Altus Ltd. (now part of Arch), American Strategic Insurance (ARX Holding Corp.), Global Specialty Risk, Inc. (now part of AIG), and James River Group, Inc. He was also involved in the creation of Axis Capital Holdings (AXS - NYSE) and currently serves on the Board of Overseers of the School of Risk Management at St. John's University. He holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Anderson School at the University of California, Los Angeles.