Philip B. Pool, Jr.

Overview

Mr. Pool currently serves as a Managing Director of Willis Stein & Partners, a middle market leveraged buyout firm. Prior to joining Willis Stein in July 2001, Mr. Pool was a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Group of Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, or CSFB, where he worked from November 2000 to May 2001 following CSFB's acquisition of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation, or DLJ. Mr. Pool joined DLJ in 1994, where he co-headed the Private Fund Group. From 1985 to 1994, Mr. Pool was an investment banker with Merrill Lynch & Co., and from 1980 to 1985, he was an investment banker with Kidder, Peabody & Co. Incorporated.