Primary Job Title Board Of Director Primary Organization 
Cincinnati Financial
Gender Male
William F. Bahl, CFA, CIC, age 64, has been a director of the company since 1995 and currently is our lead director and chairman of the nominating committee. He is a member of the audit, compensation, executive and investment committees and a director on our insurance subsidiary boards.
Mr. Bahl co-founded an independent registered investment
advisory firm that performs financial analysis of publicly held securities, advising and managing portfolios for high net worth individuals and institutional clients. His expertise helps support the board’s oversight of our investment operations, which continue to be our main source of profits. His familiarity with public company governance structures and policies beyond our own contributes to full discussion and evaluation of our options.
Mr. Bahl is chairman of the board of Cincinnati-based Bahl & Gaynor Investment Counsel Inc. Prior to co-founding Bahl & Gaynor in 1990, he was senior vice president and chief investment officer at Northern Trust Company in Chicago, having previously worked for Fifth Third Bank and Mellon Bank. From 2005 to 2014, Mr. Bahl was a director of publicly traded LCA-Vision Inc., serving as chair of the compensation committee and a member of the audit and nominating committees. He was a trustee of The Preferred Group of Funds until 2006 and a board member from 2000 to 2006 of The Hennegan Company, a privately owned, Cincinnati-based printing company. Mr. Bahl earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan after graduating from the University of Florida. He has qualified for the Chartered Financial Analyst designation since 1979 and the Chartered Investment Counselor designation since 1991. His activities have included leadership and service on nonprofit community boards and foundations benefiting parks, schools, a hospital association and youth organizations.
