Gerhard Stahl Joins DFA’s Board of Directors

DFA Capital Management Inc. (DFA), the leading provider of Enterprise Risk Management solutions to the insurance industry, today announced the appointment of Mr. Gerhard Stahl, deputy chief risk officer at Talanx Group, Germany’s third-largest insurance group, to its board of directors.

Mr. Stahl’s appointment will provide DFA with significant risk modeling as well as board-level management experience. With a twelve-year tenure at the German financial regulator BaFin, he will contribute the perspective of how regulators assess models and processes when evaluating the risk management practices of insurance companies.

"We are delighted to welcome Herr Stahl to DFA's board of directors," said Markus Rohrbasser, president and chairman of the board. "His extensive knowledge and expertise in the insurance and risk management business will be invaluable, and help us as we continue to grow the company and bring value to shareholders."

Mr. Stahl was appointed to Deputy Chief Risk Officer of Hanover-based Talanx Group in October 2007 and currently heads up its Quantitative Risk Management group with responsibility for developing quantitative risk management methods and risk models. Prior to joining Talanx, Stahl was a statistician at the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) with responsibility for its Risk Modeling Group (QRM), which handles the on-site inspections of risk management models and related principle work. He has represented BaFin in several working groups of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, and the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS). He has also co-chaired the Basel sub-group on Liquidity Risk.

Mr. Stahl was a research fellow at the Economic Faculty of Heidelberg, and holds a distinguished honorary doctoral degree from the University of Bamberg for his scientific contributions to financial risk management. Two of his scientific research papers have been awarded “best of” in Risk Magazine and Journal of Risk and both have been reprinted in special Risk Books. A charted member of “Risk Who's Who™”, he is considered an industry expert in the application of stochastic methods within the scope of the risk models and controls. He is a regular speaker in academic and practitioner’s conferences devoted to risk management and related topics.

"I am honored to be appointed to DFA’s board of directors," stated Gerhard Stahl. “I am looking forward to bringing my expertise and regulatory background to the Company, and helping it leverage its unique and innovative solutions to benefit both customers and shareholders.”

Mr. Stahl is a member of the Advisory Board of the CASE Institute at Humboldt and Fellow of the Center for Financial Studies, Frankfurt.

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