SE290 - Phil Ryan

Philip K. Ryan was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swiss Re America Holding Corporation from 2012 to 2024, and served on the Board of Directors of Swiss Re Ltd, the parent company of the Swiss Re Group, from 2015 to 2025.

Prior to Swiss Re, Mr. Ryan was Chief Financial Officer of the Power Corporation of Canada and Power Financial from January 2008 until May 2012. Power is a diversified holding company with interests in life insurance, wealth management and asset management. In that position, Mr. Ryan was a Director of IGM Financial, Great-West Lifeco and several of their subsidiaries, including Putnam Investments.

 From 1985 until 2008, Mr. Ryan held various positions with Credit Suisse, a global financial services Company domiciled in Switzerland, including Chairman of the Financial Institutions Group (UK), Chief Financial Officer of Credit Suisse Group (Switzerland), Chief Financial Officer of Credit Suisse Asset Management (UK), and Managing Director of CSFB Financial Institutions Group (USA/UK).

Since retiring from the Swiss Re Board, Mr. Ryan has primarily focused on advising two growth private equity firms. FTV Capital; whose investing is primarily in Financial Technology and MKB Capital focused on supply and efficient use of power. He is also a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Palmetto Clean Tech, a tech enabled platform for residential solar sales and installation, which is an MKB Capital investment. 

Mr. Ryan is a member of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Advisory Board, the Maine Coast Heritage Trust and participates in several other charitable activities. Mr. Ryan earned an MBA from the Indiana University Kelley School of Graduate School and a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from the Grainger College of Engineering at University of Illinois, where he sits on the Board of Visitors