Nicholas J. Spaeth

Nicholas J.
Spaeth is Chief Risk Officer and General Counsel for Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines.
He joined Federal Home Loan Bank as an Executive Vice President, Genral Counsel and Chief Risk Officer in May 2007.
Mr. Spaeth was Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of H&R Block, Inc. from 2004 to 2007, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Intuit, Inc. from 2003 to 2004, and Senior Vice President and General Counsel of General Electric's Employers Reinsurance Corp.
from 2000 to 2003.
Previously, he was a Partner of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP.
He received an undergraduate degree from Stanford University, a Master's degree from Oxford University and a law degree from Stanford University.