Munich Re names board four

Munich Re has proposed four mew members of its supervisory board to be elected at its AGM on 22 April.

• Peter Gruss (59), President of the Max Planck Society since 2002. Mr. Gruss has been a Scientific Member and Director of the Department of Molecular Biology at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry since 1986. Mr. Gruss is a member of numerous national and international scientific and politico-scientific bodies and holds a seat on the supervisory board of Siemens AG.
• Peter Löscher (51), Chairman of the Board of Management of Siemens AG since 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Löscher held top management positions at Merck & Co., General Electric, Aventis and Hoechst.
• Anton van Rossum (63), member of the board and risk committee of the Credit Suisse Group since 2005. From 2000 to 2004, Mr. van Rossum was chief executive officer and member of the board of Fortis. Previously, he had held executive positions at management consultants McKinsey & Company. Mr. van Rossum is chairman of the supervisory board of Royal Vopak NV and holds seats on the supervisory boards of Solvay S.A. and Rodamco Europe NV.
• Thomas Wellauer (53), member of the executive committee of Novartis International AG since 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Wellauer was in charge of the global Performance Improvement Programme at Clariant. As chief executive officer of the Winterthur Insurance and later of Credit Suisse Financial Services, he was a member of the group executive board of the Credit Suisse Group.