1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ADVISORY BOARDS OF CREDIT SUISSE GROUP
Board of Directors Advisory Board International
Switzerland Advisory Board
Rainer E. Gut, Chairman 1, 2 Ulrich Bremi, Chairman Flavio Cotti, Chairman
Peter Spälti, Urs Lauffer, Vice-Chairman Franco Bernabè
First Vice-Chairman 1, 2 Franz Albers Mario A. Corti
Robert L. Genillard, Truls D. Berg Thierry Desmarest
Vice-Chairman 1, 2, 3 Susy Brüschweiler Fritz Gerber
Thomas W. Bechtler 1 Martin Candrian Rainer E. Gut
Rainer E. Gut Peter Brabeck-Letmathe 1, 2 Melchior Ehrler Michael Hilti
Born 1932. Chairman of Ulrich Bremi 1, 2, 3 Brigitta M. Gadient Andreas W. Keller
the Boards of Directors of Philippe Bruggisser 4 Riccardo Gullotti Helmut Kohl
Credit Suisse Group, Marc-Henri Chaudet 1 Rainer E. Gut Andreas N. Koopmann
Credit Suisse and Credit Gerald Clark Urs Hammer Paulo Jorge Lemann
Suisse First Boston. Arthur Dunkel André Kudelski Lukas Mühlemann
Adolf Gugler 3 Rosmarie Michel Agostino Rocca
John M. Hennessy Lukas Mühlemann Manfred Schneider
Walter B. Kielholz 1, 4 Erich Müller Ernst Tanner
Heini Lippuner 1 Gaudenz Staehelin
Lionel I. Pincus 4 Hans-Peter Zehnder
Thomas Schmidheiny Roland Zimmerli
Vreni Spoerry
Aziz D. Syriani Independent Auditors
Theodor M. Tschopp 3 KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick
Daniel L. Vasella Goerdeler SA, Zurich
1 member of the Chairman’s
Committee
2 member of the Compensation
Committee
3 retires at the Annual General Meeting
on 28 May 1999
4 subject to election at the Annual
General Meeting on 28 May 1999
At the Annual General Meeting on 28 May 1999, Messrs Robert since 1997. Mr Bremi has given us highly sound advice over the years
L. Genillard, Ulrich Bremi and Adolf Gugler will reach the age limit for and the Board would like to thank him for the great wealth of experience
membership on the Board of Directors and will therefore retire from brought to the Group.
this body. Furthermore, Mr Theodor M. Tschopp will resign from the As CEO and later Chairman of the former Electrowatt Ltd, and
Board at the 1999 Annual General Meeting due to his resignation as as a former member of the CS Holding Executive Board, Mr Gugler was
Chairman of the Board of Alusuisse-Lonza Group. closely linked to the Group for many years. He was elected a member
Mr Genillard has served the organisation for four decades, first of the Board in 1994. We would like to extend our thanks to Mr Gugler
as Chairman and CEO of Credit Suisse White Weld, which then later for his valuable contribution to Credit Suisse Group.
became CS First Boston, and as a Board member of the former Credit Finally, we would also like to thank Mr Tschopp, who was elected
Suisse (from 1986), CS First Boston (from 1990) and CS Holding member of the Board in 1993, for his stimulus and his great commit-
(from 1989). Since the refocusing of the Group in 1996/97, Mr Genillard ment to our Group. Mr Tschopp also served on the Board of the former
served on the Boards of the new Credit Suisse Group, Credit Suisse Credit Suisse from 1993 until 1997, when he concentrated on his
First Boston and Credit Suisse. In 1997 he was appointed Vice-Chairman mandate at Credit Suisse Group as part of the 1996/97 refocusing of
of all three entities. From 1961, Mr Genillard was also actively engaged our organisation.
in the remarkable effort of transforming Clariden Bank into a highly
successful member of the Group’s Independent Private Banks, particularly On 8 March 1999 the Board of Directors of Credit Suisse Group
during his tenure as Chairman from 1984 to 1999. We thank Mr Genillard decided to create an International Advisory Board and a Swiss Advisory
for having devoted the full range of his talent and vast experience to Board. The Advisory Boards are consultative bodies which will advise
the service of our Group. the Board of Directors and management on issues which have a
Mr Bremi was elected to the Board of the former Credit Suisse significant impact on the environment within which the Group operates.
(now Credit Suisse First Boston) in 1985. He joined the Board of the The insight gained should enable the Board of Directors and management
former CS Holding in 1989 and served on the Board of Credit Suisse to implement strategic change at an early stage.
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2. EXECUTIVE BOARD OF CREDIT SUISSE GROUP
Change in the Executive Board
Richard E. Thornburgh, Chief Financial Officer
of Credit Suisse Group has been appointed
Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board of
Credit Suisse First Boston effective 1 April
1999. He will continue to serve on the Executive
Board of Credit Suisse Group. In his new
function, Mr Thornburgh assumes responsibility
for risk management, all support areas, the
Lukas Mühlemann Hans-Ulrich Doerig Philip K. Ryan private equity business and the development of
Born 1950. Chief Born 1956. Chief Financial
Born 1940. Vice-Chairman electronic distribution channels. He reports
Executive Officer of Officer of Credit Suisse
of the Executive Board and directly to Allen D. Wheat, Chief Executive
Credit Suisse Group. Group.
Chief Risk Officer of Credit Officer of Credit Suisse First Boston.
Suisse Group.
Philip K. Ryan, Chief Financial Officer of Credit
Suisse Asset Management, has been appointed
Mr Thornburgh’s successor as Chief Financial
Officer of Credit Suisse Group. With his transfer,
effective 1 April 1999, Mr Ryan also becomes
a Member of the Executive Board of Credit
Suisse Group.
In addition to his function as Chief Executive
Officer of Winterthur, Thomas Wellauer will
Paul Meier Oswald J. Grübel Allen D. Wheat
head the new Personal Financial Services
Born 1945. Chief Born 1943. Chief Born 1948. Chief
Europe unit. This unit, which combines all
Executive Officer of Executive Officer of Credit Executive Officer of Credit
retail-oriented activities of Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse. Suisse Private Banking. Suisse First Boston.
Private Banking and Credit Suisse Asset
Management in Europe (outside Switzerland),
will work closely with Winterthur’s European
operations.
Richard E. Thornburgh Phillip M. Colebatch Thomas Wellauer
Born 1944. Chief Born 1955. Chief
Born 1952. Vice-Chairman
Executive Officer of Executive Officer of
of the Executive Board of
Credit Suisse Asset Winterthur Group and
Credit Suisse First Boston.
Management. Head of Personal Financial
Services Europe.
Senior Executives
Corporate Centre Alfred Gremli, Advisory
Ahmad Abu El-Ata, Technology Tobias Guldimann, Risk Management
Kurt Arnold, Tax Urs Hänni, Audit
Peter Bachmann, Accounting Philip Hess, Corporate Secretary
Peter Derendinger, General Counsel Jean-Pierre Huwyler, Security
Rolf Dörig, Chief of Staff Eugen Schmid, Human Resources
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3. BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF CREDIT SUISSE, CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON AND WINTERTHUR
Due to the squeeze-out of the minority shareholders in Credit Suisse, Credit Suisse First Boston and Winterthur, Credit Suisse Group owns 100% of
capital and voting rights of these companies. In order to streamline structures and concentrate resources, the size of the Boards of the banks were
reduced to include the Board members serving on the Chairman’s Committee of Credit Suisse Group and its Chief Executive Officer.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
CREDIT SUISSE CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON WINTERTHUR INSURANCE AND
Rainer E. Gut, Chairman 2 Rainer E. Gut, Chairman 2 WINTERTHUR LIFE
Peter Spälti 2 Peter Spälti 2 Peter Spälti, Chairman 1
Thomas W. Bechtler 1 Thomas W. Bechtler 1 Heini Lippuner, Vice Chairman 1
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe 2, 3 Peter Brabeck-Letmathe 2, 3 Pierre Borgeaud 1
Marc-Henri Chaudet 1 Marc-Henri Chaudet 1 Marc-Henri Chaudet 1
Walter B. Kielholz 1, 3 Walter B. Kielholz 1, 3 Lukas Mühlemann 1
Heini Lippuner 1 Heini Lippuner 1 Urs Bühler
Lukas Mühlemann 2 Lukas Mühlemann 2 Michael Hilti
Klaus Jacobi
1 1
member of the Audit Committee member of the Audit Committee
Alexandre F. Jetzer
2 2
member of the Compensation Committee member of the Compensation Committee
Hedi Lang
3 3
from 25 February 1999 from 26 February 1999
As at 25 February 1999 As at 26 February 1999 HONORARY CHAIRMAN
Hans Braunschweiler
1 Board Committee
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Zurich
Goerdeler SA, Zurich Goerdeler SA, Zurich
At the Annual General Meetings on 25 and 26 February 1999 1997. In 1993 he was appointed to the Board of the former
respectively, Richard Andermatt, Jean-Daniel Cornaz, Gianfranco Cotti CS Holding, where he served until 1997.
and Hugo von der Crone stepped down from the Board of Directors Mr von der Crone was appointed member of the Executive
of Credit Suisse and Klaus Jacobi from the Board of Directors of Board of the former Credit Suisse in 1979. From 1989 until 1994 he
Credit Suisse First Boston. was a member of the Executive Board of the former CS Holding,
As Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, Mr serving as full-time Vice-Chairman from 1990 until 1994. In 1993 he
Andermatt played a valuable role in the establishment and expansion of was elected Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the former
Credit Suisse Financial Products in London. In 1994 he joined the Swiss Volksbank. From 1997 he was a member of the Board and the
Board of the former Swiss Volksbank as Vice-Chairman and was also Audit Committee of Credit Suisse.
a member of the Chairman’s Committee until 1997 as well as Former Secretary of State Klaus Jacobi brought his rich experi-
Chairman of the Audit Committee. ence in the public domain to bear as a member of the Board and the
Mr Cornaz served on the Board of the former Credit Suisse Audit Committee of Credit Suisse First Boston (formerly Credit Suisse)
from 1987, where he was also a member of the Audit Committee. In from 1992.
1989 he was elected to the Board of the former CS Holding. We would like to thank these gentlemen for their untiring
Following the refocusing of Credit Suisse Group in 1996/1997 he commitment and valuable contribution to the success and prosperity
took a seat on the Board of Credit Suisse. of Credit Suisse Group.
Elected to the Board of Directors of the former Swiss Volksbank
in 1985, Mr Cotti served as Chairman of this body from 1993 until
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4. EXECUTIVE BOARDS OF THE BUSINESS UNITS
CREDIT SUISSE CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON WINTERTHUR GROUP
EXECUTIVE BOARD EXECUTIVE BOARD EXECUTIVE BOARD
Paul Meier, Allen D. Wheat, Thomas Wellauer,
Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer
Alfred M. Banz Richard E. Thornburgh Herman Aaftink
Bruno Bohlhalter Vice-Chairman Manfred Broska
Bruno Bonati Brady W. Dougan Gerhard Christen
Beat M. Fenner Christopher A. Goekjian Markus Dennler
Walter Fluck Stephen A.M. Hester Hansjörg Frei
Dominique Folletête Marc H. Hotimsky Erwin W. Heri
Gerhard Gastpar David C. Mulford Hans-Rudolf Strickler
Franz-Josef Groth John Nelson Willi Suter
Hans Ueli Keller Stephen E. Stonefield
Ulrich Körner Charles G. Ward III
Rolf Kränzlin
Hanspeter Kurzmeyer
Peter Lienhart
Martin Wetter
CREDIT SUISSE CREDIT SUISSE
PRIVATE BANKING ASSET MANAGEMENT
EXECUTIVE BOARD EXECUTIVE BOARD
Oswald J. Grübel, Phillip M. Colebatch,
Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer
Christoph Ammann Toshio Fukuda
Thomas Amstutz Robert Kosrovani
Reto Donatsch Andrew McKinnon
Aldo B. Leoni Robert J. Moore
Heinz Roth Robert Parker
Jörg H. Schwarzenbach William W. Priest, Jr.
Olivier Steimer Dilip Rasgotra
Alex W. Widmer Steen Steincke
Sergio Zoppi William Sterling
Timothy T. Taussig
Heinrich Wegmann
Edgar Weissenberger
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5. LOCATIONS ON WORLD MAP
CREDIT SUISSE
GROUP
Headquarters in Zurich
Boston
CREDIT SUISSE Brussels
241 locations in Budapest
Switzerland Buenos Aires
CREDIT SUISSE
Cairo
CREDIT SUISSE ASSET
Chicago
PRIVATE BANKING MANAGEMENT
Frankfurt
50 locations in 7 locations in
Guernsey
Switzerland Switzerland
Helsinki
Abu Dhabi Amsterdam
Hong Kong
Athens Budapest
Houston
Barcelona Chicago
Istanbul
Berlin Frankfurt
Jakarta
Bogota Guernsey
Johannesburg
Buenos Aires Hong Kong
Kiev
Cairo London
Kuala Lumpur
Caracas Los Angeles
Labuan
Dubai Chicago
Luxembourg
Limassol
Frankfurt Copenhagen
Madrid
London
Gibraltar Dallas
Milan
Los Angeles
Guernsey Dublin
Moscow
Luxembourg
Hamburg Guangzhou
Nassau
Madrid
Hong Kong Hamburg
New York
Manila
Houston Hamilton, Bermuda
Osaka
Melbourne
Istanbul Hong Kong
Paris
Mexico City
Kuala Lumpur Jakarta
Prague
Milan
London Johannesburg
São Paolo
Montreal
Luxembourg Lisbon
Seoul
Moscow
Madrid London
Sydney
Mumbai (formerly
Mexico City Luxembourg
Tokyo
Bombay)
Miami Lyon
Vienna
Nassau
Milan Madrid
Warsaw
New York
Monaco Mexico City
Osaka
Montevideo Milan
WINTERTHUR
Palo Alto
Munich Montgomery
684 locations in
Paris
Nassau Munich
Switzerland
Pasadena
New York New York
– 14 regional
Philadelphia
Paris Ningbo
managements
Portland
Rio de Janeiro Paris
– 150 general agencies
Prague
Santiago de Chile Prague
– 520 agencies
San Francisco
Singapore São Paolo
Amsterdam
Santiago de Chile
Taipei Shanghai
Barcelona
São Paulo
Tokyo Simsbury
Basingstoke
Seoul
Vienna Singapore
Beijing
Shanghai
Stockholm
Bellevue
Singapore
CREDIT SUISSE Sun Prairie
Bonn
Sydney
FIRST BOSTON Sydney
Boston
Taipei
Switzerland Taipei
Brno
Tashkent
(Geneva, Zug, Zurich) Tianjin
Bromley
Tehran
Amsterdam Tokyo
Brunei
Tokyo
Atlanta Toronto
Brussels
Toronto
Auckland Vienna
Budapest
Vienna
Bangkok Warsaw
Buenos Aires
Warsaw
Beijing Wiesbaden
Cayman Islands
Wellington
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6. INFORMATION FOR INVESTORS
Credit Suisse Group shares (CHF 20 par value)
Ticker symbols
Stock exchange listings Bloomberg Reuters Telekurs
Swiss Exchange (SWX) CSGN SW CSGZn.S CSGN,001
Frankfurt CSHN GR CSGZn.F 876800,13
Tokyo – CSGZn.T N1492,106
Also traded in
New York (ADR)* CSGKY US CSGKY.OB CSGKY,130
London (SEAQ) CSG LI CSHZnq.LT C2,182
Paris (OTC) CSHR FP CSHZ.PA 916190,25
*4 ADR = 1 registered share
Swiss security number 146248
ISIN number CH0001462487
CUSIP number 225 401 108
RATINGS
Agencies Credit Suisse Group Credit Suisse Credit Suisse First Boston Winterthur
Long term Short term Long term Short term Long term Short term
Moody’s, New York A1 – Aa3 P1 A1 P1 Aa2
Standard & Poor’s, New York AA – A1+ AA A1+ AA A1+ AA –
Fitch IBCA, London AA – F1+ AA – F1+ AA F1+
BankWatch, New York AA TBW1 AA+ TBW1 AA TBW1
Credit Suisse Financial Products carries the same ratings as Credit Suisse First Boston.
Enquiries Annual reports may be ordered from
CREDIT SUISSE GROUP CREDIT SUISSE
Investor Relations Dept CIDM 23
Gerhard Beindorff/Andreas Peterlik P.O. Box 100
Tel: + 41 1 333 45 70/ 31 69 CH-8070 Zurich
Fax: + 41 1 333 25 87 Switzerland
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1, CH-8070 Zurich, Switzerland Fax: + 41 1 332 72 94
Internet: http://www.csg.ch
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7. Photography
Charlie Westerman, Chicago
Iris C. Ritter, Zurich
Rainer Wolfsberger, Zurich
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Neidhart + Schön AG, Zurich
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