John R. Coomber

Member of the Board of Directors (non-executive)

Mr Coomber, a British citizen born in 1949, graduated in theoretical mechanics from Nottingham University in 1970.

Mr Coomber started his career with the Phoenix Insurance Company. He joined Swiss Re in 1973. Having qualified as an actuary in 1974, he first specialised in the company’s life reinsurance area. He was Swiss Re UK’s appointed actuary from 1983 to 1990. In 1987, he assumed responsibility for the life division and, in 1993, was made head of the company’s UK operations. Mr Coomber was appointed as a member of the Executive Board in April 1995, responsible for the Group’s Life & Health Division. In June 2000, he became a member of the Executive Committee. He was Swiss Re’s Chief Executive Officer from 1 January 2003 until 31 December 2005, when he retired after 33 years of employment with Swiss Re.

John R. Coomber was elected to Swiss Re’s Board of Directors in February 2006. Mr Coomber also serves as Chief Executive Officer of Pension Insurance Corporation Limited, and is a director of MH (GB) Limited, Parhelion Capital Ltd, telent Ltd, and Quatar Insurance Services. He is also a trustee of The Climate Group, and a member of the Deutsche Bank Climate Advisory Panel. John R. Coomber is an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute.

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