Tom de Swaan

Tom de Swaan (born 1946, Dutch Citizen) has been a member of the Boards of Zurich Financial Services Ltd and of Zurich Insurance Company since April 2006.

Mr. de Swaan joined De Nederlandsche Bank N.V. in 1972, and from 1986 until 1998 was a member of the governing board there. In January 1999, he became a member of the managing board and chief financial officer of ABN AMRO Bank. He retired from ABN AMRO on May 1, 2006, but continued as an advisor to the managing board until June 2007.

Mr. de Swaan is a non-executive member of the board of GlaxoSmithKline Plc and chairman of its audit committee. He is a member of the supervisory board of Royal DSM, a Netherland-based chemical group and Corporate Express NV, a Netherland-based distributor of office products. Since May 3, 2007, he has been vice-chairman of the supervisory board of Royal Ahold, a global retail chain and since May 10, 2007, vice-chairman of the supervisory board of Van Lanschot NV, the holding company of F. van Lanschot Bankiers, an independent Dutch bank. From 1987 to 1988, he was chairman of the Amsterdam Financial Center, and from 1995 to 1997 chairman of the banking supervisory sub-committee of the European Monetary Institute. He was also a member of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision from 1991 to 1996, and its chairman from 1997 to 1998, and a non-executive director on the board of the UK’s Financial Services Authority from January 2001 until the end of 2006.

Mr. de Swaan is also director of a number of non-profit organizations. Among others he is treasurer of the board of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Netherlands Cancer Institute and the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition. Moreover, he chairs the advisory board of the Rotterdam School of Management.

Mr. de Swaan graduated from the University of Amsterdam with a master’s degree in economics.