Matthew Botein, who is chairman of Botein & Company, LLC, a private investment firm, served until June 2009 as a managing director for Highfields Capital Management LP, First American’s largest unaffiliated shareholder. At Highfields, Botein managed portfolio investments in the financial services industry and certain private equity investments of the firm. Prior to joining Highfields, he was a principal in the Private Equity Group at The Blackstone Group.

Botein also serves as the vice chairman of mortgage investment firm Private National Mortgage Acceptance Company LLC (“PennyMac”) and is a member of the boards of directors of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (NYSE: AHL), a specialty insurance and reinsurance company; PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE: PMT); Cyrus Reinsurance Holdings Limited, a reinsurance company; and Integro Limited, an insurance and reinsurance broker.