GENEVA - Key Persons
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- Director Health & Demography
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- Member of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee
- CEO, Grupo Sancor Seguros
Alejandro Simón was named CEO of Sancor Seguros Group in 2016. He joined the Group in 1998. In a previous role as Director of International Operations, he expanded the firm to include subsidiaries in Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. In 2014, he was appointed General Director of the Group.
Mr Simón is an actuary and graduated with honors from the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). He holds a Master's degree in Business Administration Magna Cum Laude from IAE Universidad Austral. Since 2009 he has been deputy director of the actuary career center at UBA.
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- Director Digital Technologies
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- Chairman of the Executive Committee
- Member of the Board
- Chairman & CEO, MAPFRE
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- Director, Chief Investment Officer Network
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- Member of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee
- CEO, Intact Financial Corporation
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- Chairman of the Executive Committee
- Member of the Board
- Chairman and CEO of Prudential Financial
Charles F. Lowrey is Chairman and CEO of Prudential Financial. Prior to assuming his current roles, Lowrey served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Prudential's international businesses. Previously, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Prudential's U.S. businesses. Lowrey also served as President and CEO of PGIM, Prudential's global investment management business, and earlier as CEO of its real estate investment business, PGIM Real Estate.
Before joining Prudential in 2001, Lowrey was a Managing Director and Head of the Americas for J.P. Morgan's Real Estate and Lodging Investment Banking group, where he began his investment banking career in 1988. Earlier, Lowrey spent four years as a managing partner of an architecture firm he founded in New York City.
Lowrey received an MBA from Harvard University, a Master's degree in Architecture from Yale University and a Bachelor's degree in Architecture from Princeton University.
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- CEO, Swiss Re
Christian started his career in 1997 as Associate with the Boston Consulting Group. He joined Swiss Re in 1999 and was responsible for key company projects. In 2002, he established and headed the Group Retro and Syndication unit. Christian served as Group Chief Risk Officer between 2005 and 2007 and was Head of Life & Health between 2007 and 2010. In January 2011, he was appointed Chief Marketing Officer Reinsurance and member of the Group Executive Committee, and became CEO Reinsurance that October. Christian was appointed Group CEO in July 2016.
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- Editor - in - Chief of the Geneva Papers
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- Director Cyber Evolving Liability
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- Director Public Policy & Regulation
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- Head of Accounting & Human Resources
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- Member of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee
- President & CEO, Nippon Life
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- Research Intern Climate Change & Environment
Jad Ariss - Managing Director
Jad Ariss was appointed Managing Director of The Geneva Association by its Board of Directors, effective 1 March 2019.
Before The Geneva Association, Jad spent 24 years with AXA Group, most recently as Head of Public Affairs and Corporate Responsibility. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AXA Middle East & Africa, leading the company's operations across 14 countries.
Jad joined AXA in 1995 as Chief Financial Officer of AXA Global Risks. In 1999, he became Group Head of Investor Relations.
From 2001-2015 Jad worked for AXA France in several leadership roles, including Corporate Secretary, Human Resources Director, CEO of AXA Entreprises (AXA France's division for commercial lines) and Deputy CEO of AXA France.
Jad started his career as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he specialized in financial services. He is a graduate of the HEC Business School in France and holds an MBA degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Chairman of the Board of Management of Munich Re
Joachim Wenning is Chair of the Board of Management of Munich Re, a global reinsurer based in Munich, Germany. He was appointed to the Board of Management on 1 January 2009, initially responsible for the Life Division and later also for Human Resources. In his current role he is responsible for Group Holdings; Group Strategy and M&A; Group Communications; Group Audit; Economics, Sustainability and Public Affairs; Group Human Resources; and Group Executive Affairs.
Mr Wenning joined Munich Re in 1991 and has served in a variety of leadership roles at the company in Germany and Switzerland.
Born in Jerusalem in Israel in 1965, Mr Wenning is a graduate in economics from the University of Munich, where he completed his doctoral thesis in 1995.
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- Member of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee
- CEO, Lloyd's
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- Digital Content & Design Manager
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- Deputy Managing Director
- Head of Research
- Deputy Managing Director, Head of Research & Foresight
Kai-Uwe Schanz was appointed Deputy Managing Director and Head of Research & Foresight of The Geneva Association in November 2019.
Before joining The Geneva Association, Kai spent 12 years co-running a reinsurance-focused strategy, business development and communications consultancy, which he co-founded in 2007. During those 12 years, he served as an external advisor to The Geneva Association. From 2016 to 2018 he was a non-executive Member of the Board of Directors of Trust International Insurance and Reinsurance Company in Bahrain.
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- Communications & Events Manager
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- Member of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee
- CEO, Aegon
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Group Chief Executive & President, AIA Group
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- Director of Climate Change and Environment
Over the last 25 years, Maryam's career has spanned working as a senior executive, founder& entrepreneur and serving on advisory boards in private and public sectors and the United Nations. She has launched, led and managed transformative climate change initiatives and multi-stakeholder partnerships with systemic impacts, to enable transitioning to a resilient low-carbon economy. In 2020, Maryam was included on the list of 20 ‘Most Influential on Climate Change' by InsuranceERM and among the top 100 influencers in the world on ‘Resilience' by The Leaders' Magazine.
Since 2015, Maryam is the Director of Climate Change and Environment at The Geneva Association, the strategic international think tank, whose members are CEOs of 90 largest insurance companies, globally. Working with corporate boards and CEOs, regulatory and standard setting bodies, fintech and insurtech firms, governments and policy makers, she leads strategic initiatives to innovate and scale up insurance industry's contributions as risk managers and investors to transitioning to a resilient low-carbon economy. Currently, her work is focused on,
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- Member of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee
- President & CEO, MetLife
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- Chairman of the Board of Management
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Board of Management of Allianz in 2008 As Global Chief Operating Officer
- Chairman of the Board of Management, Allianz
Oliver Bäte has been Chairman of the Board of Management of Allianz since May 2015.
Oliver joined the Board of Management of Allianz in 2008 as global Chief Operating Officer. In September 2009 he took over the Chief Financial Officer position. He became responsible for Insurance Western & Southern Europe and Global P&C markets in January 2013.
He started his career with McKinsey & Company in New York, and later moved to their offices in Germany. In 1998 he took over McKinsey's German insurance practice and in 2003 he became Director of the firm's European insurance and asset management sector. Oliver studied business administration at the University of Cologne and holds an MBA from the NYU Leonard Stern School of Business.
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- Director of Communications
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- Chairman of the Executive Committee
- Member of the Board
- Chairman & CEO, AIG
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- Member of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee
- CEO, Generali
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- Member of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee
- CEO, AXA
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- Chairman of the Executive Committee
- Chairman, Tokio Marine
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- Chief Executive and President of AIA in June 2020
- Fellow of the Society of Actuaries
Before joining AIA, he was an Executive Director of Ping An Insurance and served as the company's Co-CEO and Chief Insurance Business Officer, and previously held a number of senior leadership positions with Prudential plc. He began his career at the Monetary Authority of Singapore and has more than 30 years of experience in Asian insurance.
Siong Lee is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a Chartered Financial Analyst, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Wealth Management Institute. He holds a Master of Finance from the University of Cambridge and received his Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
He has received multiple awards and honors for his contributions to the development of the Chinese insurance industry.