Alan I. Kirshner
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since 1986. Director since 1978.

Anthony F. Markel
President and Chief Operating Officer since March 1992. Director since 1978. 

Steven A. Markel
Vice Chairman since March 1992. Director since 1978.

Paul W. Springman
Executive Vice President since August 2002. President, Markel North America, from January 2000 – August 2002.

Richard R. Whitt, III
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since May 2005. Senior Vice President–Finance from August 2003 – May 2005. Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Markel International Limited, a subsidiary, from August 2003 – May 2005. Vice President, Controller and Treasurer from January 2001 – August 2003.

Thomas S. Gayner
Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer since May 2004. Chief Investment Officer from January 2001 – May 2004. President, Markel-Gayner Asset Management Corporation, a subsidiary, since December 1990. Director from 1998 – 2004. Executive Vice President since May of 2004 and Chief Investment Officer since January of 2001. He served as Vice President, Equity Investments from June of 1995 to January of 2001 and as President, Markel Gayner Asset Management, Inc., a subsidiary, since December of 1990. He has been a Director of the Company since November of 1998.