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Irwin R. Ettinger, 69, 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.
Charles J. ‘‘Chuck’’ Clarke, 72, has been Vice Chairman of the Company since the Merger at
which time he was serving in the roles of President, Vice Chairman and Director of Travelers Property
Casualty Corp. Mr. Clarke joined Travelers in 1958 as an assistant underwriter. During his tenure at
Travelers, Mr. Clarke progressed through positions of increasing responsibility. Of note, he was
appointed Senior Vice President for the National Accounts Group’s property-casualty business in 1985
and subsequently assumed the responsibility of Chairman of Commercial Lines in 1990.
William H. Heyman, 59, has been Vice Chairman since May 2005, and before that, he was
Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of the Company since the Merger. Prior to the
Merger, 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.
Alan D. Schnitzer, 42, has been Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer since joining the Company
in April 2007. Prior to that time, he was a partner at the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP,
where he advised corporate clients on a variety of transactions and general corporate law matters.
Mr. Schnitzer joined Simpson Thacher in 1991.
Brian W. MacLean, 54, has been Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since May
2005. Prior to that, he had been Co-Chief Operating Officer of the Company since February 1, 2005.
Before that, he was Executive Vice President, Claim Services for the Company, and prior thereto, for
TPC. Prior 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 Lines.
He joined TIGHI in 1988.
Andy F. Bessette, 54, 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.
Kenneth F. Spence, III, 52, has been Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the
Company since January 2005. From August 2004 to January 2005, he was Senior Vice President and
General Counsel. Prior to that, Mr. Spence served in several leadership positions in the Company’s
Legal Services group, and from April 1998 until the Merger, in SPC’s Legal Services Group.
Mr. Spence joined SPC in April 1998, upon SPC’s merger with USF&G Corporation, where he had
served as legal counsel.
Doreen Spadorcia, 50, has been Executive Vice President—Claim Services, since March 2, 2005.
Prior to that, she was President and Chief Executive Officer of Bond operations for the Company since
the Merger and, before that, for TPC since June 2002. From 1994 to May 2002, she managed the TPC
Bond claim operation and served as General Counsel of that business unit. She joined TIGHI in 1986
as a claim attorney.
Joseph P. Lacher, Jr., 38, has been Executive Vice President of Personal Insurance for the
Company since January 2005 and prior to that, he had been Senior Vice President of the Company in
charge of those operations. Prior to the Merger, he was Executive Vice President—Personal for TPC.
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