Alleghany Officers

Weston M. Hicks

President and chief executive officer since December 2004 and Executive Vice President since October 2002, was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Chubb Corporation before joining Alleghany. Prior to that, Mr. Hicks was a senior research analyst and managing director at J.P. Morgan Securities from 1999 to 2001 and a senior research analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. from 1991 to 1999. Mr. Hicks is a director of AllianceBernstein Holding, L.P., a Chartered Financial Analyst, a member of the New York Society of Securities Analysts and a member of the CFA Institute. Mr. Hicks is a graduate of Lehigh University.

Roger B. Gorham

Senior Vice President — Finance and Investments and chief financial officer since January 2006, Senior Vice President — Finance and chief financial officer since May 2005, Senior Vice President — Finance since December 2004 and provided hedge fund consulting services prior to joining Alleghany. Prior to that, from 2000 to 2003, Mr. Gorham was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Chubb Financial Solutions, the financial services unit of The Chubb Corporation, and from 1989 to 2000 was with American International Group, Inc., ultimately as Vice President of AIG Global Investment Corp. Mr. Gorham is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a graduate of Lehigh University and Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

Christopher K. Dalrymple

Senior Vice President (from January 2012), General Counsel (from July 2009) and Secretary (from January 2011), was Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary from March 2002. Prior to that, Mr. Dalrymple was in-house counsel at Everest Broadband Networks and Interliant, Inc. From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Dalrymple was an associate in the law firm of Dewey Ballantine LLP. He is a member of the American Bar Association and a graduate of Colgate University and Cornell University Law School.

Jerry G. Borrelli

Vice President — Finance and chief accounting officer since July 2006 and Vice President — Finance since February 2006, was Director of Financial Reporting for American International Group, Inc. since 2003, and prior to that, Director of Accounting Policy and Special Projects since 2000. Mr. Borrelli is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a graduate of Susquehana University.

John Carr

Vice President — Tax Director since April 2007 and prior to joining Alleghany, was Vice President and Tax Director for the Quanta Insurance Group. Prior to that, Mr. Carr was Vice President of Chubb Financial Solutions, Inc., the financial services unit of The Chubb Corporation. Mr. Carr is a member of the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Connecticut Bar Association. Mr. Carr is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and the University of Connecticut Law School.

Susan E. Giarrusso

Vice President — General Auditor since April 2004, was previously Internal Audit Director at MBIA Inc. Prior to that, she spent over 15 years in various accounting and audit capacities for several companies in the property and casualty insurance industry. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Institute of Internal Auditors and the Society of Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters and The Association of Fraud Examiners. Ms. Giarrusso is a graduate of Utica College (of Syracuse University) and The State University of New York at Binghamton.

Peter R. Sismondo

Vice President, Controller and Assistant Secretary since 1989 and Treasurer since January 1995, he joined Alleghany in 1988 as Controller and Assistant Secretary. Previously he was Vice President of E.F. Hutton Group Inc. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Sismondo is a graduate of Princeton University and the Rutgers Graduate School of Management.

E.G. Lassiter

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RSUI Group, Inc. since April 2008 and President of RSUI Group, Inc. since July 2003, was President and Chief Executive Officer of Resurgens Specialty Underwriting, Inc. (then known as Royal Specialty Underwriting, Inc.) from 1999 to 2003. He is a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter. Mr. Lassiter is a graduate of Presbyterian College and has an MBA from the University of Georgia.

David E. Leonard

President of RSUI Group, Inc. since April 2008, was Executive Vice President and Chief Strategic Officer of RSUI Group, Inc. from 2003 to 2008.  He began his career in insurance in 1979 with the Crum & Forster Insurance Companies.  He is a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter, holds Associate degrees in Risk Management, Reinsurance, and Insurance Accounting and Finance from the Insurance Institute of America and is a graduate of East Carolina University.

James E. Little

Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Employers Direct Corporation (which was re-named Pacific Compensation Corporation in April 2010) since 2001. Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Fremont Pacific Insurance Company in 1980, which was acquired by Fremont General Corporation in 1989. Served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Fremont Compensation Insurance Group from 1990 to 1998. Mr. Little started his workers' compensation insurance career in 1968 with Industrial Indemnity Company.

David F. Pauly

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Capitol Transamerica since November 2005, President and Chief Executive Officer since October 2003, he joined Capitol Transamerica as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer in January 2002. Previously he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of ACUITY Insurance. He joined ACUITY Insurance in 1976. Mr. Pauly is a graduate of St. Norbert College.

David J. Bugatto

President and Chief Executive Officer of Alleghany Properties since January 2000, he joined Alleghany Properties as Senior Vice President in 1994. Previously he was a Vice President of the real estate investments division of Sacramento Savings Bank, which was a subsidiary of Alleghany. He is a director of Sonoma West Holdings Inc., managing trustee of the Lambda Chi Alpha Scholarship Fund, chairman of the California State University Sacramento Honors Program, and an active member in the Urban Land Institute. Mr. Bugatto is a graduate of the California State University Sacramento.