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Walter B. Kielholz is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chairman’s and Governance Committee (since January 2003). He has been a member of the Board since 1999 and served as Chairman of the Audit Committee from 1999 to 2002. His term as a member of the Board expires at the AGM in 2009. The Board has determined him to be independent under the Group’s independence standards.Walter B. Kielholz studied Business Administration at the University of St. Gallen, and graduated in 1976 with a degree in Business Finance and Accounting. His career began at the General Reinsurance Corporation, Zurich. After working in the US, the UK and Italy, he assumed responsibility for the company’s European marketing. In 1986, he moved to Credit Suisse, Zurich, where he was responsible for client relations with large insurance groups in the Multinational Services department. Mr. Kielholz joined Swiss Re, Zurich, at the beginning of 1989. He became a member of Swiss Re’s Executive Board in 1993 and was Swiss Re’s Chief Executive Officer from 1997 to 2002. A Board member since 1998, he became Executive Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swiss Re in 2003. Walter B. Kielholz is Honorary President of the International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (The Geneva Association), Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Avenir Suisse and a member of the Board and the Committee of economiesuisse. He is a regular invitee to the meetings of the Group of Thirty, the Vice President of the International Monetary Conference, a member of the European Financial Services Roundtable, the WEF International Business Council, and the Private Sector Advisory Board of the Financial Stability Forum and is engaged in a number of other industry associations, economic fora and interest groups. In addition, he is Chairman of the Zurich Art Society. | 