Board of Directors
Relations between our Board and Management are structured to support both in fulfilling their commitment to deliver, with clear independence of the Board of Directors from the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Group Executive Committee (GEC).
1 Manfred Gentz
Chairman of the Board,
Chairman of the Governance
and Nominations Committee,
Member of the Remuneration Committee
2 Philippe O. Pidoux
Vice Chairman of the Board,
Member of the Governance
and Nominations Committee,
Member of the Remuneration Committee
3 Susan Bies
Director, Member of the Risk Committee
4 Victor L.L. Chu
Director, Member of the Governance
and Nominations Committee
5 Thomas K. Escher
Director, Member of the Remuneration
Committee
6 Fred Kindle
Director, Member of the Audit Committee
7 Armin Meyer
Director, Member of the Risk Committee,
Member of the Governance and Nominations
Committee
8 Don Nicolaisen
Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee,
Member of the Risk Committee
9 Vernon L. Sankey
Director, Chairman of the Remuneration
Committee
10 Tom de Swaan
Director, Member of the Audit Committee,
Chairman of the Risk Committee
11 Rolf Watter
Director, Member of the Audit Committee
Group Executive Committee
Our Management lives the Zurich commitment to deliver day to day. With profound gratitude the GEC thanks outgoing CEO James J. Schiro for his years of outstanding service, and welcomes Martin Senn’s appointment to the role.
1 James J. Schiro¹
Chief Executive Officer
2 John Amore
Chief Executive Officer
General Insurance
3 Annette Court
Chief Executive Officer
Europe General Insurance
4 Mario Greco
Chief Executive Officer
Global Life
5 Mike Foley
Chief Executive Officer
North America Commercial
6 Paul N. Hopkins
Chairman of the Board of
Farmers Group, Inc. and
Chief Executive Officer Americas
7 Axel P. Lehmann
Group Chief Risk Officer
8 Geoff Riddell
Chairman of Global Corporate and
Chief Executive Officer Asia-Pacific and
Middle East
9 Martin Senn²
Chief Investment Officer
10 Dieter Wemmer
Chief Financial Officer
¹ Retired as Chief Executive Officer on December 31, 2009.
² As of January 1, 2010, Chief Executive Officer.
