Wed, Apr 3rd 2024
Swiss Re appoints Andreas Berger as the new Group CEO, signaling a fresh direction under proven leadership.
There will be a changing of the guard at the top of Swiss Re by the middle of the year. The reinsurer’s Board of Directors has appointed Andreas Berger as Group CEO with effect from July 1, 2024.
He succeeds Christian Mumenthaler, who will step down.
Berger joined Swiss Re in March 2019 as CEO of the Corporate Solutions division and member of the Executive Board, according to a press release issued on Wednesday.
He previously held various management positions at Boston Consulting Group, Gerling and Allianz, among others.
Berger will step down from his current position as CEO of Corporate Solutions when he takes up the position of CEO, and the selection process for a successor has already been initiated, it is reported.
The current CEO Christian Mumenthaler, who left in July, has been CEO since July 2016. He has worked for Swiss Re for 25 years.
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