"Coomber's Challenge: People," Financial Times, November 12, 2002. Gribben, Roland, "'Hard Man' Scales Swiss Re Summit," Daily Telegraph, November 12, 2002.
John R. Coomber was born in England.
John R. Coomber was born on February 7th, 1949.
British.
Coomber's education was in mathematics. He graduated from Nottingham University in 1970 with a degree in theoretical mathematics.
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Chief executive officer, Swiss Re
John R. Coomber was named the first non-Swiss CEO of Swiss Re effective January 1, 2003. Coomber was regarded as a "hard man of business . a safe pair of hands," a cost-cutter, and a risk-taker by Roland Gribben in the Daily Telegraph
Coomber was a member of the supervisory board of Euler Hermes and a member of the boards of the Association of British Insurers and the IMD Business School.
Chief executive officer, Swiss Re
Nottingham University, BS, 1970.