Josef Ackermann

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd and Zurich Insurance Company Ltd since March 2012. Prior to this he served as Vice-Chairman for two years. He also served as chairman of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank AG (2002-2012). He is also a member of the International Advisory Board of the National Bank of Kuwait and of the Akbank in Turkey. He is co-chairman of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum. He studied economics and social sciences at the University of St. Gallen and received his PhD in 1977.