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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Motamed, Thomas 60 2009 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
Mense, D. Craig 57 2004 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Lindemann, Bob 2009 President, Chief Operating Officer of Commercial Lines Operations
Hennessy, John 2009 Chief Executive Officer - European Operations
Szerlong, Tim 2009 President - Worldwide Field Operations
Owcar, Gary 2009 President and Chief Operating Officer, CNA Canada
Kantor, Jonathan 53 1998 Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
Pontarelli, Thomas 59 2009 Executive Vice President and Chief Administration Officer of CNA Insurance Companies
Wilson, Peter 49 2009 Executive Vice President - Global Specialty Lines of CNA Insurance Companies
Rosenberg, Joseph 75 1995 Director
Tisch, James 56 1985 Director
Zonis, Marvin 72 1993 Director
Randel, Don 68 2002 Director
Liska, Paul 53 2004 Director
Tisch, Andrew 59 2006 Director
Montemayor, Jose 58 2007 Director

Biographies

Name Description
Motamed, Thomas Thomas F. Motamed is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of CNA Financial Corporation., since January 1, 2009. He has been a Director of the company since January 1, 2009. From December 2002 to June 2008, he served as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of The Chubb Corporation and President and Chief Operating Officer of Chubb & Son.
Mense, D. Craig D. Craig Mense is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CNA Financial Corporation since November, 2004. Prior to that time, President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Run-Off Operations at St. Paul Travelers from June, 2004 to November, 2004, and Chief Operating Officer of the Gulf Insurance Group at Travelers Property Casualty Corp. from May, 2003 to May, 2004.
Lindemann, Bob Mr. Bob Lindemann is President, Chief Operating Officer of Commercial Lines Operations of CNA Financial Corporation. Mr. Lindemann joins CNA from Zurich North America, where he most recently served as chief operating officer of Commercial Markets, Zurich's largest business insurance unit in North America. Previously in his Zurich career, he led the turnaround of the company's middle market business, opening new offices, refreshing current products, adding proprietary products, and changing the geographic mix and segmentation. Lindemann's decision to enter the insurance industry was made early, when he received a college scholarship through Kemper Insurance as a "Kemper Scholar." He then went on to work for Kemper where, over a 28-year period, he rapidly advanced from an underwriter to several branch, regional and business leadership roles. In his last position, Lindemann was president for American Manufacturers Mutual - Kemper's small and middle market commercial business and its largest unit at the time. He led the business to profitability within two years and achieved its first sub-100 combined ratio in more than a decade.
Hennessy, John Mr. John Hennessy is Chief Executive Officer - European Operations of CNA Financial Corporation. Mr. Hennessy joined CNA in 1982 as an underwriting trainee and assumed increasing responsibilities. During his 27-year career with CNA, he has served in multiple Home Office and Field leadership roles, including: Milwaukee branch manager; Central Region president; senior vice president for Casualty Underwriting and Middle Market; and, most recently, senior vice president of Distribution Management.
Szerlong, Tim Mr. Tim Szerlong has been appointed as President - Worldwide Field Operations of CNA Financial Corporation effective September 8, 2009. Mr. Szerlong joins CNA after a 35-year career at The Chubb Corporation, where he started as an underwriting trainee before taking on numerous assignments in Corporate Administration and Human Resources, including Worldwide Personnel Planning manager. In 1983, he moved into field operations, managing Chubb's St. Louis and Chicago branches. Subsequently, Szerlong managed Chubb's Midwest Region and its Northern Zone, which included 13 states and premium volume of $1.8 billion. Most recently, he served as senior vice president and Eastern U.S. Field Operations officer, with responsibility for 24 offices and premiums of $4.8 billion.
Owcar, Gary Mr. Gary Owcar has been appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer of CNA Canada of CNA Financial Corporation effective September 14, 2009. Mr. Owcar’s insurance career began right after college. He spent seven years progressing through the claims ranks into supervisory roles for three East Coast insurance companies. In 1980, he joined The Chubb Corporation as a Regional Property Claims supervisor. For the next 19 years, he was responsible for international assignments in Brazil and Asia. During this time, he extended his leadership reach beyond the claim function to running multinational operations. Among his many accomplishments, he grew Chubb’s Asia Pacific operations from four small offices to a cohesive zone of 13 offices in 10 countries with a highly diverse, integrated team. Mr. Owcar joined CNA in 1999 to lead its global operations, and his responsibilities expanded to include all of standard commercial lines. In 2006, he went on to pursue two start-up ventures in consulting and training.
Kantor, Jonathan Jonathan D. Kantor is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of CNA Financial Corporation.
Pontarelli, Thomas Thomas Pontarelli is Executive Vice President & Chief Administration Officer of the CNA insurance companies since March, 2004. From March, 2002 to March, 2004, Executive Vice President, Human Resources & Corporate Services. He became as Officer of CNA Financial Corporation in the year 2009.
Wilson, Peter Peter W. Wilson is Executive Vice President, Global Specialty Lines of the CNA insurance companies since March, 2002. He became an Officer of CNA Financial Corporation in the year 2009.
Rosenberg, Joseph Joseph Rosenberg is Director of CNA Financial Corporation., since August 1995. He is Chief Investment Strategist of Loews since 1995.
Tisch, James James S. Tisch is Director of CNA Financial Corporation., since 1985. He is President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Office of the President of Loews. He is a Director of Loews and Chairman of the Board of Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (“Diamond”), a 51% owned subsidiary of Loews. Mr. Tisch served as Chief Executive Officer of Diamond until May, 2008.
Zonis, Marvin Marvin Zonis is Director of CNA Financial Corporation., since 1993. He is Professor Emeritus of International Political Economy, Leadership and E-Commerce at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago since 1989. He is principal of Marvin Zonis & Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm.
Randel, Don Don M. Randel is a Director of CNA Financial Corporation., since May of 2002. He is President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation since July 2006. Prior to that, President of the University of Chicago since July 2000.
Liska, Paul Paul J. Liska is Director of CNA Financial Corporation., since February 2004. Mr. Liska is an private investor. From March 2008 until February 2009, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Motorola, Inc. Prior to joining Motorola, Mr. Liska served as an industrial partner for various private equity firms including MidOcean Partners, CVC Capital Holdings and Ripplewood Holdings LLC. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Liska served as Executive Chairman of USF Corporation until its acquisition by Yellow Roadway Corporation and in various capacities with WRC Media, Inc., including Executive Chairman.
Tisch, Andrew Andrew H. Tisch is Director of CNA Financial Corporation., since February 2006. He is Co-Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Executive Committee and a member of the Office of the President of Loews. He is a Director of Loews and of the general partner of Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP. (“Boardwalk”), a subsidiary of Loews. He is Chairman of the Board of K12, Inc.
Montemayor, Jose Jose O. Montemayor is Director of CNA Financial Corporation., since February 2007. He is Principal of Black Diamond Capital Partners I, LP. From 1999 to 2005, he was Insurance Commissioner of the Texas Department of Insurance.
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