Robert A Spass

Bio

Bob Spass is a founding partner of CZP and is recognized as one of the global leaders in financial services private equity since founding the firm in 1990. Prior to founding CZP, Mr. Spass was a Director in the Investment Banking Division of Salomon Brothers, with responsibility for corporate finance relationships with the insurance industry. Prior to joining Salomon Brothers, Mr. Spass provided accounting and consulting services to the insurance industry at Peat Marwick Main & Co. Mr. Spass currently serves as a director of several portfolio companies and is Chairman of Lancashire Holdings, Ltd. For more than twenty years, Mr. Spass has been a leading figure in the design and structuring of investments in the insurance industry. Mr. Spass helped pioneer the use of reinsurance financing as a corporate finance tool in buyout transactions and helped design some of the first leveraged buyouts of insurance companies. Mr. Spass has over many years developed an extensive network of contacts throughout the financial services industry, including many of the industry’s most senior figures. Mr. Spass received a B.A. in Business from the State University of New York at Buffalo.