Prem Watsa

Chairman & CEO
Fairfax Financial
Holdings Limited
Watsa

Prem Watsa

Chairman & CEO
Fairfax Financial
Holdings Limited

Biography

V. Prem Watsa has been the Chairman of our Board of Directors and our Chief Executive Officer since 1985. He has served as Vice President of Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel Ltd. since 1985. Mr. Watsa is the Chairman of our publicly traded subsidiaries Fairfax India Holdings Corporation and Helios Fairfax Partners Corporation. Mr. Watsa is also a director of Blackberry Limited. Mr. Watsa formerly served as Vice President of GW Asset Management from 1983 to 1984 and in various positions, ultimately as a Vice President, with Confederation Life Investment Counsel from 1974 to 1983.