People: Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN.VX)

Mr. Karl Landert has been Chief Information Officer and Member of the Executive Board of Credit Suisse Group AG since June 25, 2009. He served as Chief Information Officer from February 29, 2008 till June 25, 2009. Previously, he was Chief Information Officer of Private Banking division and Chief Information Officer Europe. He joined the Company, in 2001, as Head Application Development and he was appointed Head of IT (Information Technology) in 2004. Before joining the Company, he served, from 1998 till 2001, as Chief Information Officer and Head of Global IT Management of Novartis Pharma AG. From 1985 till 1998, he held various management positions in sales and systems engineering at IBM Switzerland. He studied at Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich) and received his degree in Physics in 1984. He is Member of the Board of Swiss IT Leadership Forum, among others.