- John R. Dacey, appointed Group Regional CEO for Japan Asia-Pacific. He replaces Philippe Donnet who has decided to leave the AXA Group. PARIS, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- AXA announces today the appointment of two new members to its Executive Committee with the appointment of John R. Dacey, former member of Winterthur Group's Executive Board and Head of Strategy and of Frank Keuper, CEO of AXA Konzern (Germany). John R. Dacey has held a number of senior positions as a member of Winterthur Group's Executive Board including Chief Financial Officer and most recently as Head of Strategy. As of today, he becomes Group Regional CEO for Japan Asia Pacific and takes over all the executive responsibilities previously held by Philippe Donnet. The AXA Japan Asia Pacific region encompasses all of AXA life & savings and P&C operations in the Asian continent. Philippe Donnet remains non-executive Chairman of the Board of AXA Japan Holdings, the holding company of AXA's insurance operations in Japan. Frank Keuper, appointed to the position of CEO of the AXA Konzern AG in September 13, 2006 joins the AXA Group Executive Committee. He reports to Alfred Bouckaert, Group Regional CEO for Northern and Eastern Europe. Henri de Castries, Chairman of the Management Board of AXA, said, "One of the great successes of AXA has been its ability to offer a wide variety of challenging career opportunities in the industry of Financial Protection. The appointment of John Dacey to the AXA Group Executive Committee is another sign of the swift integration of Winterthur teams into AXA. I am particularly happy to welcome Frank Keuper, from DBV Winterthur but originally with AXA Konzern to the AXA Group Executive Committee". He then added, "During 22 years of outstanding service to AXA in various top executives positions, Philippe Donnet has greatly contributed to the success of AXA. He started his career at AXA in France and Canada, then moved to Italy and later participated to the turnaround of the reinsurance business. More recently he successfully built a very strong platform at AXA Japan in both life & savings as well as in P&C insurance business culminating with the acquisition of Kyobo Auto last month. The Management Board of AXA thanks him for his outstanding contribution, understands his personal choices and we all wish him success in his new endeavours". John R. Dacey (born 1960): Until the completion of the sale of Winterthur to AXA (by its parent company Credit Suisse) he was member of Winterthur Group's Executive Committee and has held a number of senior positions within the Winterthur Group, such as Head of Strategy and Chief Financial Officer. John Dacey is a US citizen; he started his career at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and as a partner at McKinsey & Company before joining Winterthur in 1998 as Head of Corporate Development and Planning. He holds a degree of Harvard University (Boston USA) and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Washington University in St Louis (USA). Frank Keuper (born 1953): He was appointed CEO of AXA Konzern on January 1st, 2007 following the completion of the acquisition of the Winterthur Group by AXA. Prior to this position he was Chairman of the Management Board of DBV Winterthur, the German insurance subsidiary of Winterthur. Between 1994 and 2004, Frank Keuper was member of the Management Board of AXA Versicherung and then member of the Management Board of AXA Konzern. He started his career at Albingia in 1985, a subsidiary of Guardian Royal Exchange, the UK-based insurance group acquired by AXA in 1999. Frank Keuper holds a degree in Economics of the University of Vienna. As of April 11, 2007, the Executive Committee of the AXA Group will have 14 members: -- The AXA Management Board of 6 members: - Henri de Castries (Chairman), - Freddy Bouckaert (AXA Northern & Eastern Europe), - Claude Brunet (COO), - Kip Condron (AXA Equitable), - Denis Duverne (CFO), - Francois Pierson (AXA France - Canada - Large industrial Risks) -- Jean-Raymond Abat - AXA Mediterranean Region -- John R. Dacey - AXA Japan Asia Pacific Region -- Philippe Egger - Winterthur (Switzerland) -- Frank Keuper - AXA Konzern AG -- Jerry Lieberman - AllianceBernstein -- Nicolas Moreau - AXA UK and Ireland -- Andrew Penn - AXA Asia Pacific Holdings -- Eugene Teysen - AXA Belgium About AXA AXA Group is a worldwide leader in Financial Protection. AXA's operations are diverse geographically, with major operations in Western Europe, North America and the Asia/Pacific area. AXA had Euro 1,315 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2006. For full year 2006, IFRS revenues amounted to Euro 79 billion, IFRS underlying earnings amounted to Euro 4,010 million and IFRS adjusted earnings to Euro 5,140 million. The AXA ordinary share is listed and trades under the symbol AXA on the Paris Stock Exchange. The AXA American Depository Share is also listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AXA. This press release is available on the AXA Group web site: http://www.axa.com/ DATASOURCE: AXA Group CONTACT: investors, Etienne Bouas-Laurent, +33.1.40.75.46.85, Sophie Bourlanges, +33.1.40.75.56.07, Paul-Antoine Cristofari, +33.1.40.75.73.60, Emmanuel Touzeau, +33.1.40.75.49.05, Kevin Molloy, +1-212-314-2893; media, Christophe Dufraux, +33.1.40.75.46.74, Clara Rodrigo, +33.1.40.75.47.22, Armelle Vercken, +33.1.40.75.46.42, Mary Taylor, +1-212-314-5845 Web site: http://www.axa.com/

Copyright