Hans Ulrich Maerki

Member of the Board of Directors (non-executive, independent)

Mr Maerki, a Swiss citizen born in 1946, graduated with a master’s degree in business administration at the University of Basel in 1972.

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. He retired from IBM after 35 years of service in April 2008.

Mr Maerki was elected to Swiss Re’s Board of Directors in April 2007. He is also a member of the boards of ABB Ltd., Mettler- Toledo International and the Menuhin Festival AG Gstaad. He serves on the foundation board of Schulthess-Klinik in Zuerich, 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) and Bocconi University in Milan. He currently is a Senior Fellow of Advanced Leadership at Harvard University in Cambridge/Boston MA.

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