Thomas Hund

THOMAS HUND assumed his current position of executive vice
president and chief financial officer of Burlington Northern
Santa Fe Corporation in December 2000. Prior to this position,
Mr. Hund served as senior vice president and chief financial
officer beginning in August 1999. He began his career in the
railroad industry with Santa Fe Pacific in 1983 in the accounting
department. In 1989, he was appointed to assistant vice president
and controller for Santa Fe Railway and was promoted to vice
president and controller in 1990. In 1990, he was also promoted
to vice president and controller of Santa Fe Pacific and held
this position until the merger in 1995, when he was appointed as
vice president and controller of BNSF. Prior to working for the
railroad industry Mr. Hund worked at Peat Marwick as an audit
manager. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants and the Illinois CPA Society. Mr. Hund
received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Loyola
University of Chicago and his MBA from the University of Chicago.