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to that, Mr. MacLean served as President of Select Accounts for TIGHI from July 1999 to January 2002. He also
served as Chief Financial Officer of Claim Services from March 1993 to June 1996. From June 1996 to July
1999, Mr. MacLean was Chief Financial Officer for Commercial. He joined TIGHI in 1988.
T. Michael Miller, 46, has been Co-Chief Operating Officer of the Company since February 1, 2005.
Mr. Miller was Chief Executive Officer – Specialty Commercial of SPC from October 2001 until the Merger, and
held the same title with the Company until January 31, 2005. Prior to October 2001, he served in various
executive positions with the insurance operations of SPC since joining SPC in 1995.
Charles J. Clarke, 69, has been Vice Chairman of the Company since the Merger. Prior to that, he was
President of TPC. Mr. Clarke was President of TIGHI from January 2001 to October 2001 and Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of TIGHI from October 2001 to December 2001. He served as Vice Chairman of TIGHI
from January 1998 to January 2001. He had held other executive and management positions with TPC for many
years, and he has been with TPC since 1958.
Irwin R. Ettinger, 66, has been Vice Chairman of the Company since the Merger. Prior to that time, he was
Vice Chairman of TPC since June 2002. Mr. Ettinger served as the Chief Accounting and Tax Officer for
Citigroup from 1998 to May 2002 and held other positions of increasing responsibility since joining Citigroup in
1987. He joined Citigroup from Arthur Young & Co. (now Ernst & Young) where he was a partner for 18 years.
John A. MacColl, 56, has been Vice Chairman of the Company since the Merger. He had held the same
position with SPC since May 2002, and he was SPC’s General Counsel from May 1999 through the Merger and
held that position with the Company until August 2004. Mr. MacColl joined SPC as Executive Vice President in
April 1998, following SPC’s merger with USF&G Corporation, where he had served as Executive Vice President
and General Counsel.
Jay S. Benet, 52, has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since the
Merger, and from February 2002 until the Merger, he held the same offices at TPC. From March 2001 until
January 2002, Mr. Benet was the worldwide head of financial planning, analysis and reporting at Citigroup and
Chief Financial Officer for Citigroup’s Global Consumer Europe, Middle East and Africa unit between April
2000 and March 2001. Before that, Mr. Benet spent 10 years in various executive positions with Travelers Life &
Annuity, including Chief Financial Officer of Travelers Life & Annuity and Executive Vice President, Group
Annuity from December 1998 to April 2000, and Senior Vice President Group Annuity from December 1996 to
December 1998. Prior to joining Travelers Life & Annuity, Mr. Benet was a partner of Coopers & Lybrand (now
PricewaterhouseCoopers).
William H. Heyman, 56, has been Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of the Company
since the Merger, and prior to that, he held the same offices with SPC since he joined SPC in May 2002.
Mr. Heyman held various executive positions with Citigroup from 1995 through 2002, including the position of
chairman of Citigroup Investments from 2000 to 2002. Prior to joining Citigroup in 1995, Mr. Heyman was,
successively, a managing director of Salomon Brothers; Director of the Division of Market Regulation of the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; and a managing director of Smith Barney.
Andy F. Bessette, 51, has been Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of the Company
since the Merger, and prior to that, he held the same offices with SPC since joining SPC in January 2002. Before
that, he was vice president of Corporate Real Estate and Services for TPC. From 1980 to December 2001,
Mr. Bessette held a number of management positions at TIGHI.
Samuel G. Liss, 48, has been Executive Vice President-Business Development of the Company since the
Merger, and prior to that, he held the same office with SPC since joining SPC in February 2003. From December
2001 until he joined SPC, Mr. Liss was an independent financial consultant. He served as Managing Director
with Credit Suisse First Boston from May 1994 to November 2001. Mr. Liss was a senior analyst at Salomon
Brothers from 1980 to April 1994.
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