Zurich has announced a series of key changes affecting its group executive committee...

Zurich Financial Services Group has announced a series of key changes affecting its group executive committee, following the planned retirement of COO Peter Eckert on 28 February 2007.

Patrick O'Sullivan, currently serves as group finance director, will assume the new positions of vice chairman of the group management board and chief growth officer. Dieter Wemmer, currently CEO of Europe general insurance, will become the group's chief financial officer.

Both announcements are effective 1 March 2007.

Succeeding Dieter Wemmer will be Annette Court, who currently leads Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance. She will also become a member of Zurich's group executive committee.

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