SWISS LIFE GROUP - Key Persons
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Board of Directors
- Doctor of Economics
Adrienne Corboud Fumagalli is a Doctor of Economics and Social Sciences and a graduate of the University of Fribourg. In 1996 she joined the PTT in the management team of Radiocom (radio, TV, mobile) in charge of New Business Development and the international market. The PTT then became Swisscom and Adrienne Corboud Fumagalli held various positions from 1997 to 2000, ultimately becoming Director of Product Marketing in Radio Broadcasting Services. In November 2000, Adrienne Corboud Fumagalli joined the Kudelski Group as Corporate Secretary and Member of the Corporate Executive Board. In January 2004, she was appointed Executive Vice President in charge of Business Development. From 2008 to 2016, Adrienne Corboud Fumagalli served as Vice President for Innovation and Technology Transfer at EPF Lausanne. From 2017 to 2020, she was also President of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Deeption SA (spin-off of the EPF Lausanne Social Media Lab).
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- Investor Relations Coordinator
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- Head of Group Communications & Strategic Marketing
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Board of Directors
Damir Filipovic studied mathematics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ), where he qualified in 1995 and gained a doctorate in financial mathematics in 2000. He then held research posts at various universities abroad, including the US universities of Stanford, Columbia and Princeton. He was appointed assistant professor at the University of Princeton in 2002, and then from 2003 to 2004 he worked on the development of the Swiss Solvency Test at the Federal Office of Private Insurance (now FINMA) in Switzerland. Damir Filipovic went on to hold the chair of financial and actuarial mathematics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich from 2004 to 2007. From 2007 to 2009 he was head of the Vienna Institute of Finance, a research institute affiliated to the University of Vienna and the Vienna University of Economics and Business. In 2010 he was appointed Swissquote Chair in Quantitative Finance and Swiss Finance Institute Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).
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Evooq SA, Member of the Board of Directors
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- Investor Relations Manager
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- Holditalia SpA, Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Compensation Committee
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- Head Safe Custody & Share Register
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Board of Directors
Frank W. Keuper studied social and economic sciences at Vienna University of Economics and Business and obtained a doctorate in the same subject. He started his career in the insurance sector in 1985 at the Albingia insurance group as assistant to the Management Board and later became Head of Sales and Marketing. After switching to the Zurich insurance group he returned to Albingia in 1992 and served as a member of the Management Board from 1994 until 2000. He later assumed responsibility as a member of the Management Board at AXA Versicherung AG for the Private and Corporate Clients division as well as Damages. From 2004 until 2007 he managed DBV Winterthur Holding AG as Chairman of the Management Board and was simultaneously a member of the Management Board of the Winterthur Group. From 2007 until 2012 Frank W. Keuper was CEO of AXA Konzern AG and a member of the Executive Committee of AXA Group in Paris.
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HanseMerkur Insurance Group, Member of the Supervisory Board
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Board of Directors
Franziska Tschudi graduated in law at the University of Bern and passed her bar exam there in 1984. She studied law at Georgetown University, Washington D.C., earning an LL.M. in 1986, and passed the bar exam for the US states of New York and Connecticut in 1987. Franziska Tschudi completed postgraduate studies at the University of St. Gallen (1991 to 1993), receiving an Executive MBA. After initially working as an Assistant for Media Law at the Institute for Constitutional and Administrative Law at the University of Bern, and practising business and media law in Zurich, Washington D.C. and Geneva, she served as Secretary General at SIG Holding AG from 1992 to 1995. She then became a Member of the Executive Board of Weidmann Holding AG («Weidmann Group»), Rapperswil in 1995, where she was Head of Corporate Development and, from 1998, Head of the Business Area Electrical Technology Asia/Pacific. She has held the positions of Chief Executive Officer and Delegate of the Board of Directors of Weidmann Holding AG since 2001.
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- Ragaz Ltd., Member of the Board of Directors
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- Head of Investor Relations
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Board of Directors
Henry Peter completed his studies in law at the University of Geneva in 1979, and in 1981 he was called to the Geneva bar. Following an assistantship in Geneva, a period of study as a visiting scholar at the University of California in Berkeley and legal work in Lugano, he obtained his PhD at the University of Geneva in 1988. Since 1988 he has been a partner in a Lugano law firm, currently Kellerhals Carrard Lugano SA. He has also served since 1997 as professor of business law, and since 2017 President of the Geneva Center for Philanthropy, at the University of Geneva. Between 2004 and 2015 he was a member of the Swiss Takeover Board. Since 2007 he has been a member of the Sanctions Commission of the SIX Swiss Exchange. Since 2021, he has also been Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for the Lugano Faculties of the Università della Svizzera italiana and a Member of the University Council of the Università della Svizzera italiana.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Corporate Executive Board
- Chief Executive Officer Germany
- Corporate Executive Board
After completing his studies in business economics at the University of Cologne, Jörg Arnold joined what was then Colonia Versicherung (now the AXA Group) in 1991 as assistant to the CEO. Jörg Arnold worked in a variety of positions at the company, including head of the Distribution Management department and district manager of the Frankfurt branch office, and in 1998 was made sales director and member of the Executive Committee of Colonia Versicherung at its Berlin branch office. In 2001 he was appointed Head of Sales at Deutsche Ärzteversicherung AG, joining their Management Committee. In 2010 Jörg Arnold took over as CEO of Deutsche Ärzteversicherung AG. In this capacity he was responsible for sales as well as for operations, business development and human resources. In 2014 Jörg Arnold became Global Head of Savings, Retirement & Distribution at AXA Group in Paris within the Life & Savings Global Business Line, which is responsible for the Group's worldwide life insurance business.
On 1 July 2017 Jörg Arnold took over as Chief Executive Officer Germany (CEO Germany) and Member of the Corporate Executive Board of the Swiss Life Group.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Board of Directors
Klaus Tschütscher studied law at the University of St. Gallen and obtained a doctorate (Dr. iur.) in 1996. In 2004 he also completed a postgraduate LL.M. degree in International Business Law at the University of Zurich. He started his career in 1993 as a research assistant at the University of St. Gallen. Two years later he became Head of Legal Services and Deputy Director of Liechtenstein Tax Administration. In this function he was notably a member of the Liechtenstein OECD delegation and Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London for four years. Klaus Tschütscher went on to start his political career as a member of government of the Principality of Liechtenstein. Initially he was Deputy Prime Minister from 2005 to 2009, responsible in particular for Justice and Economic Affairs. From 2009 to 2013 Klaus Tschütscher was Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Liechtenstein. He has received various awards and international distinctions. Klaus Tschütscher serves as Vice President and delegate at UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Since his withdrawal from politics, Klaus Tschütscher has been a member of the Board of Directors of Swiss Life Holding Ltd. Since January 2014 he has been Owner and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tschütscher Networks & Expertise AG and supports various start-ups.
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- Member of the Corporate Executive Board
- Chief Executive Officer Switzerland
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- Head of Communications Switzerland
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Board of Directors
Martin Schmid completed his law degree at University of St. Gallen in 1995 and was admitted to the bar of Canton Graubünden in 1997. Following an assistantship in St. Gallen and a stint as an independent lawyer plus a spell at PricewaterhouseCoopers, he attained a doctorate from the University of St. Gallen in 2005. Martin Schmid was a member of the Cantonal Parliament of Canton Graubünden from 1994 to 2002. He was elected to the Cantonal Council of Graubünden in 2002, where he initially managed the Department for Justice, Security and Health (2003-2007), and then the Department for Finance and Municipalities (2007-2011). He was elected to the Council of States in 2011 and gave up his mandate as a cantonal councillor. In addition to his role as a member of the Council of States, Martin Schmid has worked as a lawyer at the law firm KUNZ SCHMID Rechtsanwälte und Notare AG in Chur since 2012.
Other appointments
Siegfried Holding AG, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
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- Group Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Corporate Executive Board
- Corporate Executive Board
Matthias Aellig studied physics at the University of Bern. After receiving his doctorate in the field of solar wind and completing a research visit at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, he joined McKinsey & Company in Zurich as an advisor in 2000, mainly charged with projects in the banking and insurance area. At the end of 2003, Matthias Aellig joined the then-Winterthur Group (now AXA), initially as Head of Value Management and then, as of 2004, as Chief actuary Life, running the Winterthur Group's actuarial office. In 2007 he was named Chief actuary Life at Zurich Switzerland, in which role he was notably responsible for reserving, the group life operating account and market-consistent valuation. In 2010 Matthias Aellig was made Chief Risk Officer of the Swiss Life Group. In this function he was charged with the Group-wide enterprise risk management framework, which included, in addition to quantitative and qualitative risk management, the Group's actuarial office and product and margin management.
Since March 2019, Matthias Aellig has been Group Chief Financial Officer (Group CFO) and Member of the Corporate Executive Board of the Swiss Life Group.
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Swiss Insurance Association (SIA), Chairman of the Finance and Regulation Committee
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Board of Directors
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- Chairman
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Corporate Executive Board
- Chief Executive Officer International
- Corporate Executive Board
Nils Frowein is an economics graduate with German and American accountancy certification. He is a skilled banker and has extensive expertise in the financial services sector and many years of capital market experience. From 1997 until 2004 he worked at the auditing firm BDO Deutsche Warentreuhand AG where he was responsible for the Financial Advisory Services division, most recently as partner. From 2004 to 2007 Nils Frowein was CFO of financial services provider MLP. There he was significantly involved in laying the strategic foundations for the company. Nils Frowein joined AWD as deputy Chief Executive Officer in January 2008. He was initially Chief Financial Officer and was appointed Chief Operating Officer on 1 September 2008. Between 2009 and 2010 he additionally took charge of the Swiss business of AWD as acting CEO.
Nils Frowein has been Chairman of the Swiss Life subsidiary Chase de Vere in the UK since 2010 and since 2011 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Swiss Life Select Austria and the Czech Republic.
Nils Frowein has been Chief Executive Officer of the International market unit (CEO International) since 1 January 2013 and Member of the Corporate Executive Board of the Swiss Life Group since 1 January 2015.
Since 2017 he has in addition been Chairman of Swiss Life Singapore, Swiss Life Luxembourg and Swiss Life Liechtenstein. In October 2018 Nils Frowein became Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Fincentrum, in the Czech Republic and of Swiss Life Select Slovakia.
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German-Swiss Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Board
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- Group Chief Executive Officer
- Group Chief Investment Officer
- Member of the Corporate Executive Board
- Corporate Executive Board
Patrick Frost studied at the ETH in Zurich and the universities of Cologne, Basel and Zurich, obtaining degrees in natural science (dipl. Natural Science (dipl. Natw. ETH), economics (Dr. rer. pol.) and law (lic. iur.)). He began his career in the mid-nineties as an analyst and subsequently as a Portfolio Manager in asset management for Winterthur Group. After two years in the US as a Corporate Bond Manager, he was appointed Head of Fixed Income at Winterthur Group in 2001.
In 2006 Patrick Frost was appointed Member of the Corporate Executive Board and Group Chief Investment Officer of Swiss Life and in this capacity was responsible for the investment management of the Swiss Life Group. Since 1 July 2014 he has been Group Chief Executive Officer (Group CEO) of the Swiss Life Group.
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Roche Holding AG, Member of the Board of Directors
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- Chairman of the Board of Directors
Rolf Dörig laid the groundwork for his professional career by obtaining a doctorate in law (Dr. iur.) from the University of Zurich before being called to the bar in Zurich. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School (Boston). Joining Credit Suisse in 1986, he assumed a number of executive responsibilities in various areas of banking and in different geographical markets. As a Member of the Executive Board, he was assigned responsibility for Swiss Corporate and Retail Banking from 2000 onwards. In 2002 he assumed the role of Chairman Switzerland of Credit Suisse. Following his move to Swiss Life, Rolf Dörig held the positions of Chairman of the Corporate Executive Board from November 2002 to May 2008 and Delegate of the Board of Directors from May 2008 to May 2009.
He became Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swiss Life Holding Ltd in May 2009. From 2009-2020, Rolf Dörig also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Adecco Group AG.
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Danzer Holding AG, Member of the Supervisory Board
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- Senior Investor Relations Manager
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- Investor Relations Coordinator
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Board of Directors
Stefan Loacker studied economics at Vienna University of Economics and Business and at the University of St. Gallen (Mag. rer. soc. oec., lic. oec. HSG). He began his professional career with stints at the Institute of Insurance Economics (I.VW) at the University of St. Gallen and at the then-Rentenanstalt (now Swiss Life) before joining Helvetia Patria Versicherungen in 1997 as assistant to the Executive Board. He was promoted to Head of Business Development, served in that capacity from 2000 to 2002 and subsequently became CFO and Head of IT at ANKER Versicherung (a subsidiary of the Helvetia Group) in Vienna from 2002 to 2005. In 2005 Stefan Loacker took over management of Helvetia Versicherungen AG (previously ANKER Versicherung), Vienna, as CEO. He returned to Switzerland in 2007 and, at age 38, became CEO of Helvetia Group. Stefan Loacker led Helvetia Group for nine years before handing over his function as CEO to a successor in 2016. Since October 2016 he has been managing partner of DELOS Management GmbH.
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- Group Chief Investment Officer
- Member of the Corporate Executive Board
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- Member of the Corporate Executive Board
- Chief Executive Officer France ( CEO France )
- Corporate Executive Board
Tanguy Polet studied law at the University of Louvain-La-Neuve (Belgium) and graduated with a specialisation in economic and social law. In 1994 he became a lawyer at the Brussels Bar and worked successively at the law firms Roberti & Associés (now Meritius), Peeters Advocaten-Avocats (Ernst & Young) and Simmons & Simmons. His main areas of specialisation are commercial and financial law and consumer protection law. In 2005, Tanguy Polet joined Swiss Life Belgium as Sales and Marketing Director and member of the Executive Committee. From 2008 to 2010, he took over as CEO of Swiss Life Luxembourg, before moving to France in 2010, where he became CEO of Swiss Life Banque Privée and a member of the Executive Committee of Swiss Life France. From 2015 to 2021, Tanguy Polet held the post of Chief Customer Officer, responsible for digital transformation and customer services, while retaining his roles as a member of the Executive Committee of Swiss Life France.
In March 2021, Tanguy Polet was appointed Chief Executive Officer France (CEO France) and Member of the Corporate Executive Board of the Swiss Life Group.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Board of Directors
After completing his business administration and economics studies at the University of St. Gallen and a two-year research activity at the Institute of International Economics, Thomas Buess launched his career in insurance in 1985. From 1985 to 1993 he assumed various positions in the area of finance at the ELVIA Group. In 1994 he joined Zurich Financial Services Group as Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Executive Committee of the Swiss P&C business unit. From 1997 to 1999 he was Chief Financial Officer of all Swiss operations. In 1999 Thomas Buess moved to the USA as Chief Financial Officer of Zurich Financial Services Group's North American business area. In 2002 he was appointed Group Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Group Management Board before assuming the role of Chief Operating Officer of Zurich Financial Services Global Life in 2004. In January 2009 he moved to Allianz Group as Head of Operational Transformation. In August 2009 Thomas Buess was named Group Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Corporate Executive Board of the Swiss Life Group. After nearly ten years, Thomas Buess handed over his function as Group CFO to his successor at the end of February 2019.
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- Certified Accountant
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Board of Directors
Certified accountant Ueli Dietiker started his career at Ernst & Young. He later assumed management responsibility in the finance division at Motor-Columbus Ltd. From 1995 to 2001 he worked at Cablecom Holdings Ltd, ultimately as CEO. In 2001 he switched to the Swiss telecommunications company Swisscom Ltd where he held several positions of responsibility. From 2002 until 2006 he was CFO and deputy CEO of the Swisscom Group. In 2006 and the first half of 2007 he was CEO of Swisscom Fixnet AG and afterwards became CFO and deputy CEO of the Swisscom Group again until the end of 2012. From 2013 until the end of February 2018 he had a 50% position at Swisscom, managed selected projects and served on the Board of Directors of various Swisscom subsidiaries and investment companies.
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- Head Shareholder Services
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- Member of the Board of Directors