WASHINGTON—The board of trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has announced the addition of Walter B. Kielholz, chairman of the Swiss Re board of directors.
“We are extremely proud to welcome Walter to our board of trustees,” said Harvey V. Fineberg, chairman of the board. “Walter has had a remarkable career in the private sector. As the head of one of the world’s largest reinsurance companies, he has enormous experience managing large organizations and brings highly informed perspectives on the biggest global risks, many of which are the subject of Carnegie’s work.”
Kielholz was appointed to Swiss Re’s executive board in 1993 and served as CEO of the company from 1997 to 2002. He has been chairman of the board of directors since 2009. In addition, he served as chairman of the board of directors of Credit Suisse Group AG from 2003 to 2009. Currently, Kielholz also serves as chairman of the European Financial Services Round Table, which contributes to the European public policy debate on issues relating to financial services. He is a member of the International Monetary Conference, an association of the largest banks worldwide, and a board member of the Institute of International Finance.
Kielholz graduated from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland in 1976 with a degree in business finance and accounting. He began his career at General Reinsurance Corporation in Zurich.
“We are honored to have Walter on our board,” said Carnegie President Jessica T. Mathews. “Over the course of his career at Swiss Re, he has immersed himself in the understanding of global risk and the issues that threaten the stability and political economy of countries around the world. As we continue to expand our operations in Brussels and Europe at large, he will also bring valuable additional European perspectives to the global think tank. I know he will be a tremendous asset for Carnegie.”
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