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Jay S. Fishman

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Travelers Companies, Incorporated (The) (TRV)

Industry: Finance

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Mr. Fishman is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Travelers. He has served as the Company's Chief Executive Officer and President since the April 1, 2004 merger of The St. Paul Companies, Inc. with Travelers Property Casualty Corp. that formed the Company, and he assumed the additional role of Chairman in September 2005. From October 2001 until the merger, Mr. Fishman had been Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of St. Paul. Mr. Fishman held several key executive posts at Citigroup Inc. from 1998 to October 2001, including Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Travelers insurance businesses, Chief Operating Officer of Citigroup's finance and risk functions and head of Citigroup's consumer business in Japan and Western Europe. Starting in 1989, Mr. Fishman worked as an executive for Primerica, which became part of Citigroup. Mr. Fishman is a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania and a director of the National Academy Foundation. S. Fishman, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company, will remain Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, effective June 12, 2008.


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