Exhibit 10.1

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|Consent
        of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm to the Board of
        Directors of Credit Suisse Group, ZurichWe
        consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement
        (No. 333-100523) on Form F-3/A and in the registration statement (No.
        333-101259) on Form S-8 of Credit Suisse Group of our report dated March
        23, 2006, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Credit Suisse
        Group and subsidiaries (the "Group") as of December 31, 2005 and 2004,
        and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders’equity,
        and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December
        31, 2005, which report appears in the Group's Annual Report 2005 and
        incorporated by reference in the Group's annual report on Form 20-F for
        the year ended December 31, 2005.Our
                        report contains an explanatory paragraph that states
                        that in 2005 the Group changed its method of accounting
                        for share-based compensation, in 2004 the Group changed
                        its method of accounting for certain variable interest
                        entities and in 2003 the Group changed its methods of
                        accounting for certain nontraditional long-duration contracts
                        and separate accounts, variable interest entities and
                        share-based compensation.We
                        also consent to the use of our report on financial statement
                        schedules I, III and IV, which is dated March 30, 2006
                        and included in the Group's annual report on Form 20-F
                        for the year ended December 31, 2005.KPMG
                        Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler SADavid
                        L. Jahnke
      Certified Public Accountant 
      Auditor in Charge
                        
                        Roland
                            Müller
        Certified AccountantZurich,
      Switzerland March 30, 2006
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