John Lehman - American Financial Independent Director

Mr. John I. Von Lehman is an Independent Director of American Financial Group, Inc., since August 27, 2008. He 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 Ohiobased provider of specialty insurance products . He serves on the Board of Directors and as Chairman of the Audit Committee of Ohio National Mutual Funds and is involved with several Cincinnatibased charitable organizations. Mr. Von Lehmans 18 years of service as CFO and director of another publicly traded provider of insurance products qualifies him for membership on the Companys Board. Specifically, Mr. Von Lehmans 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 of complexity of accounting issues that compare to those of the Company and which qualify him as an audit committee financial expert under SEC guidelines. The depth in his understanding of internal control over financial reporting and risk assessment skills that evolved in his experience with Midland constitute attributes that the Board believes benefit the Company in light of its businesses. since 2008.