Geoffrey (Geoff) Riddell is a member of the Group Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Global Corpo-rate Business of Zurich Financial Services (Zurich). He joined Zurich in May 2000, initially as Managing Director of Zurich Commercial in the UK, and then became Managing Director of the UK Corporate and Government businesses. In November 2002 he was appointed CEO of General Insurance in the UK, Ire-land and Southern Africa. Mr. Riddell assumed his current position in April 2004, and was promoted to a member of the Group Executive Committee in October 2004.

Mr. Riddell began his professional life as an accountant with Pricewaterhouse-Coopers. His subsequent career included an 18 year stint with AIG, during which time he worked within corporate business, reinsurance and personal lines as well as finance, IT, strategic planning and administration. He was responsible for the national management of AIG's Belgian, French and Hong Kong busi-nesses. While in Hong Kong, he was responsible for setting up the first foreign general insurance company in China.

Mr. Riddell holds a chemistry degree from Oxford University and is a Chartered Accountant.