Hans Ulrich Maerki

Non-executive and independent director

Mr Maerki, a Swiss citizen born in 1946, studied business administration at the University of Basel.

Mr. Maerki joined IBM Switzerland in 1973. After some years in the sales area, he was promoted to a number of managerial positions in IBM’s Paris European Headquarters as well as in IBM Switzerland. From 1993 to 1995, he led IBM’s business in Switzerland as General Manager, before moving to IBM Europe in Paris to build the largest IT Services business in the market. In August 2001, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of IBM Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). From 2003 to 2005 he was also CEO of IBM EMEA.

Mr Maerki was elected to Swiss Re’s Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting of 20 April 2007 for a four-year term of office. He is also a member of the boards of ABB, Mettler-Toledo International and the Menuhin Festival Gstaad. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg as well as on the International Advisory Boards of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) Paris, the IESE Business School University of Navarra (IESE), the IMD Business School in Lausanne and Bocconi University in Milan.

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