Members of the Board of Directors

According to the Articles of Association, the Board of Directors of Swiss Re Ltd, the holding company of the Swiss Re Group, consists of at least seven members. As of 31 December 2013 the Board of Directors consisted of the following members:

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Name

Nationality

Age

Initial election*/**

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The members were initially elected to the Board of Directors of Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd, the Group’s former parent company; all members were subsequently elected to the Board of Directors of the Group’s new holding company, Swiss Re Ltd, on 17 February 2011 with the exception of the following members who were elected to the Board of Directors of Swiss Re Ltd as follows; Renato Fassbind was elected on 15 April 2011, C. Robert Henrikson was elected on 13 April 2012 and Mary Francis was elected on 10 April 2013.

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The members of the Board of Directors were elected for a term of office which would have ended as follows: Mathis Cabiallavetta, Renato Fassbind, Raymund Breu, Raymond K.F. Ch’ien, Rajna Gibson Brandon, Hans Ulrich Maerki in 2014; Jakob Baer, John R. Coomber and C. Robert Henrikson in 2015; and Walter B. Kielholz, Mary Francis, Malcolm D. Knight, Carlos E. Represas and Jean-Pierre Roth in 2016. The “Ordinance Against Excessive Compensation at Public Corporations” entered into effect on 1 January 2014. It provides that the shareholders at the AGM must elect members of the Board of Directors individually for one-year terms, beginning at the AGM 2014. The current terms of all members of the Board of Directors therefore end at the AGM 2014.

Walter B. Kielholz
(Chairman)

Swiss

62

1998

Mathis Cabiallavetta
(Vice Chairman)

Swiss

68

2008

Renato Fassbind
(Vice Chairman)

Swiss

58

2011

Jakob Baer

Swiss

69

2005

Raymund Breu

Swiss

68

2003

Raymond K.F. Ch’ien

Chinese

61

2008

John R. Coomber

British

64

2006

Mary Francis

British

65

2013

Rajna Gibson Brandon

Swiss

51

2000

C. Robert Henrikson

American

66

2012

Malcolm D. Knight

Canadian

69

2010

Hans Ulrich Maerki

Swiss

67

2007

Carlos E. Represas

Mexican

68

2010

Jean-Pierre Roth

Swiss

67

2010

Company Secretary

 

 

 

Felix Horber

 

 

 

For full biographies, please visit swissre.com/about_us/leadership/