Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> January 5, 2009

Keith A. Jensen – American Financial Group, Inc. (afg)

KEITH A. JENSEN was named Chief Financial Officer of American Financial Group. Inc., in January 2005. He has been a Senior Vice President of American Financial Group since February 1999. He also serves as Executive Vice President of the Great American Property and Casualty Insurance Group and is a member of Great American's Board of Directors. Before working for AFG, Mr. Jensen was a Partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent accounting, tax and consulting firm. During that time, he had been assigned to the San Francisco, New York and Cincinnati offices of Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Jensen was born in Newport News, Virginia, and went to high school in Napa, California. He was educated at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Accountancy degree. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in California, New York, Ohio and Kentucky, and is a member of the AICPA. Mr. Jensen is active in scouting and was a Scoutmaster for nine years. He previously served on the Board of Directors of the Dan Beard Council. He serves as the chief lay leader, Stake President, of the Cincinnati North Mormon community. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with an overview of American Financial?

Mr. Jensen: American Financial is a company based in Cincinnati, Ohio. We view

ourselves as a specialty insurer. We have about 25