Alleghany CEO and leadership

Kerry J. Jacobs Vice President — Finance since March 2014 and Chief Risk Officer since October 2014. From May 2013 to February 2014, Ms. Jacobs was Vice President, Global Revenue at Gerson Lehrman Group. Prior to that, Ms. Jacobs was a Vice President at the Investment Banking division of Deutsche Bank Securities in the Financial Institutions Group, where she was employed since 2008. Previously, from 2003 to 2006, Ms. Jacobs was employed by DaimlerChrysler Financial Services in Germany. Ms. Jacobs is a graduate of Wesleyan University and New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

Vice President — Finance and chief accounting officer since July 2006 and Vice President — Finance since February 2006, was Director of Financial Reporting for American International Group, Inc. since 2003, and prior to that, Director of Accounting Policy and Special Projects since 2000. Mr. Borrelli is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a graduate of Susquehana University.

Mr. Weston M. Hicks, CFA has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Alleghany Corporation since December 31, 2004. Mr. Hicks has been the Chief Executive Officer and President at Alleghany Insurance Holdings, LLC since December 31, 2004. He served as an Senior Research Analyst at Scb Inc. He served as Executive Vice President at Alleghany Corp. from October 2002 to December 2004. He served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at The Chubb Corporation from March 2001 to October 2002. He served as Equity Analyst of JP Morgan Chase & Co, Research Division and Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC., Research Division. He served as Senior Research Analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc. from March 1991 to February 1999. He served as Senior Research Analyst and Managing Director of J.P. Morgan Securities from February 1999 to March 2001. Mr. Hicks has been a Director of Transatlantic Holdings Inc since March 6, 2012. He serves as Director of AllianceBernstein LP. He has been Director of AllianceBernstein Corporation - General Partner of AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. since July 2005. He has been Director of Alleghany Corporation since December 31, 2004. He served as Director of Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. from 2003 to October 20, 2008. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder. He holds a BS in Business and Economics from Lehigh University.