Company: AFGC
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-012231
Chunk: 9

Company: AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 9
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 Since |2002 |     | William W. Verity                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 Mr. Verity has been Chairman and CEO of Verity Investment Partners, an investment management company, since 2002, and prior to that, he was a Partner of Pathway Guidance LLC, an executive consulting firm. Previously, Mr. Verity was Chairman and CEO of ENCOR Holdings, Inc., which owned and operated several product and manufacturing companies, and he worked as an associate in corporate finance at Alex. Brown & Sons, an investment bank. He previously served on the Board of Directors of Chiquita Brands International, Inc., an international food products marketer and distributor. 
 Mr. Verity’s position as the principal executive officer of a privately held company and his over 30 years of executive and Board experience with complex asset management issues, qualify him for membership on the Company’s Board and Corporate Governance and Compensation Committees. In addition, his executive consulting experience provides him with insight into high-level corporate governance, executive compensation matters and business management matters, all of which the Company and the Board deal with on a regular basis.                                                      |

| 142025 Proxy Statement | American Financial Group |

TABLE OF CONTENTS Proposal No. 1

| Age |72     
 Director    
 Since |2008 |     | John I. Von Lehman                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 Mr. Von Lehman began his career as a certified public accountant for Haskins & Sells, a predecessor of Deloitte, LLP. For more than five years until his retirement in 2007, Mr. Von Lehman served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and a director of The Midland Company, an Ohio-based provider of specialty insurance products (“Midland”). He served on the Board of Directors and as Chairman of the Audit Committee of Ohio National Mutual Funds until 2016 and is involved with several Cincinnati-based charitable organizations.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 Mr. Von Lehman’s 18 years of service as CFO and director of another publicly traded provider of insurance products qualifies him for membership on the Company’s Board. Specifically, Mr. Von Lehman’s position at Midland provided him with significant knowledge of and experience in property and casualty insurance operations, investment portfolio oversight, capital management and allocation and public company financial statement preparation. In his capacity as a certified public accountant and Chief Financial Officer of Midland, Mr. Von Lehman developed significant experience in preparing, auditing, analyzing and evaluating financial statements that present a breadth and level