Zurich is a leading multi-line insurer that serves its customers in global and local markets.

With about 53,000 employees, it provides a wide range of property and casualty, and life insurance products and services in more than 210 countries and territories. Zurich’s customers include individuals, small businesses, and mid-sized and large companies, as well as multinational corporations. The Group is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, where it was founded in 1872.

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Raul Vargas has more than two decades of international leadership experience in global life and non-life insurance markets across the U.S., Latin America and Europe. Mr. Vargas was appointed CEO of Farmers Group, Inc. and became a member of the Executive Committee in January 2023. In his extensive career with the Zurich Group, he served most recently as president of distribution, life and financial services for Farmers Group, Inc., in Los Angeles, overseeing sales and distribution activities, in addition to Farmers New World Life and Farmers Financial Solutions. From 2014 to 2022, Mr. Vargas was CEO of Zurich Santander Insurance America. Prior to this, he held a variety of leadership roles in different geographies, including head of distribution and proposition management of Zurich Santander in Madrid, Spain from 2011 to 2014, head of life business Latin America in Miami, Florida, from 2007 to 2010, as well as chief life actuary and head of product development in Milan, Italy from 2004 to 2007.

Raul Vargas

Kristof Terryn began his career in 1993 in the banking industry, where he worked in capital markets. In 1997, he joined [McKinsey & Company](/org/mckinsey-company) where he held various positions within the financial services practice in Brussels and Chicago. He joined Zurich in 2004 in the Finance department. In 2007 he became Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Global Corporate business division and in January 2009 was named COO for General Insurance. Mr. Terryn became a member of the Executive Committee in 2010 upon his appointment as Group Head Operations. In September 2013 he was appointed CEO Global Life, and after becoming CEO General Insurance in October 2015, continued to serve as CEO Global Life on an ad interim basis until the end of December 2015. He was appointed Group Chief Operating Officer effective July 2016. Mr. Terryn was named CEO North America effective January 1, 2021.

Kristof Terryn

Alison Martin has extensive management, financial and commercial experience within the insurance sector. She was appointed Chief Executive Officer Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and Bank Distribution in July 2019 and is responsible for Sustainability at Zurich Insurance Group. Prior to that, she served as Group Chief Risk Officer from January 2018 to September 2019. A qualified accountant, Ms. Martin began her career at PwC, where from 1995 to 2003 she worked with insurance clients in audit and advisory roles. She then served in leading executive positions at [Swiss Re](/org/swiss-re), starting in 2003 as Finance Director, Life & Health. Starting in January 2011 she served as Group Managing Director of [Swiss Re](/org/swiss-re)’s Life & Health Products Division. She was appointed [Swiss Re](/org/swiss-re)’s Head of Life & Health Business Management in 2013, a position she held until joining Zurich as Group Chief Risk Officer-designate and a member of the Executive Committee in October 2017.

Alison Martin

Paolo Mantero is the current Chief Strategy Officer at [Zurich Insurance](/org/zurich-insurance). Prior to this, they were the Head of Group CEO Office at [Zurich Insurance](/org/zurich-insurance) Company Ltd from March 2016 to December 2017. Before that, they were the Strategic Assistant to GCEO at Assicurazioni Generali from January 2015 to February 2016. Paolo was also the Head of Strategic Projects Steering Unit at Assicurazioni Generali from October 2013 to December 2014. Paolo Mantero started their career as an Associate at HgCapital from January 2012 to September 2013. Paolo then worked as an Associate at Investitori Associati from September 2009 to January 2012. Paolo Mantero also worked as an Investments Team manager at Jupiter Finance from July 2007 to September 2009. Their first job was as a Business Analist at McKinsey from November 2003 to October 2005. Prior to that, they were a Research assistant at University of Genoa from January 2003 to October 2003.

Paolo Mantero has an MBA from Columbia Business School and a MS from University of Genoa. Paolo also has a certification from [Zurich Insurance](/org/zurich-insurance) Company Ltd in Brighter Future Together - Digital Leadership Module.

Paolo Mantero reports to Mario Greco, Group CEO. Some of their coworkers include George Quinn - Group CFO, Peter Giger - Group Chief Risk Officer, and Sierra Signorelli - CEO, Commercial Insurance.

Paolo Mantero

Sierra Signorelli was named Chief Executive Officer for Commercial Insurance in March of 2021. She first joined Zurich in July 2017 and has held several senior leadership positions in the insurance industry in the United States, Asia and Switzerland. In her role as group CUO, Zurich highlighted that she transformed its underwriting function, strengthened its resilience, and enabled the delivery of differentiated services and solutions to customers.

Sierra Signorelli

Stephan van Vliet has extensive international experience in asset management in the insurance sector. He joined Zurich as Group Chief Investment Officer and as member of the Executive Committee in May 2022. Prior to this, he served as Chief Investment Officer for [Prudential](/org/prudential-plc) Corporation Asia, Hong Kong, from 2017 to March 2022. Before [Prudential](/org/prudential-plc), he worked at Pinebridge Investments (2014-2016) as Head of Insurance Asset Management, at ING Insurance Asia Pacific as Head of Investments (2010-2013) and at ING Investment Management (1994-2013) in roles spanning both asset ownership and asset management. These roles involved advising and managing portfolios for many different insurance companies and pension funds -both affiliated and third party- under multiple regulatory models.

Mr. van Vliet earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Nijenrode University, the Netherlands, in 1991. Between 1991 and 1994 he completed a master’s degree in international affairs at John Hopkins University in the U.S. and an MBA at [Bocconi University](/org/bocconi-university) in Italy.



Stephan Van Vliet

Monica Mächler has substantial legal, regulatory and governance expertise in a national and international context. She served as vice-chair of the board of directors of the integrated Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) from 2009 to 2012, after having been the director of the Swiss Federal Office of Private Insurance from 2007 to 2008. From 2010 to 2012, Ms. Mächler chaired the Technical Committee of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). She assumed the roles of Group General Counsel and Head of the Board Secretariat of Zurich Insurance Group from 1999 to 2006 and was appointed a member of the Group Management Board in 2001 after joining in 1990. During the years 1985 to 1990 she was in private practice specializing in banking and business law. Ms. Mächler has been a member of several Swiss federal expert commissions on regulatory projects and regularly speaks, lectures and publishes on matters related to international business law and regulation, and their impact. From May 2012 until May 2018 she was a member of the supervisory board of directors of Deutsche Börse AG. She has been a member of the boards of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd and of Zurich Insurance Company Ltd since April 2013.

Monica Mächler

Joan Amble has substantial financial industry experience. She started her professional career as an accountant with Ernst & Ernst (currently Ernst & Young) in 1977. From 1984 to 1989 she served at the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), specializing in pensions, derivatives and other financial instruments. She then spent 14 years with the General Electric Company (GE) in various leadership roles, including CFO GE Real Estate, COO and CFO GE Capital Markets, and as vice president and chief accounting officer GE Financial Services. From 2004 to May 2011, Ms. Amble served as executive vice president and principle accounting officer, and until the end of 2011 as executive vice president, Finance, of the American Express Company. In December 2011, Ms. Amble completed a four-year term as a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (FASAC). She has been a member of the Boards of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd and of Zurich Insurance Company Ltd since April 2015.

Joan Amble

Catherine Bessant is chief operations and technology officer at [Bank of America](/org/bank-of-america) and a member of the [Bank of America](/org/bank-of-america)’s executive management team. Since joining [Bank of America](/org/bank-of-america) in 1982 as a corporate banker, she has held numerous senior leadership positions within that company: president of [Global Product Solutions](/org/global-product-solutions) and Global Treasury Services; chief marketing officer; president of Consumer Real Estate and Community Development Banking; national Small Business Segment executive; and market president of [Bank of America](/org/bank-of-america), Florida. Prior to being appointed to her current position, Ms. Bessant served as president of Global Corporate Banking. Ms. Bessant has led [Bank of America](/org/bank-of-america)’s Global Technology and Operations since 2010. In that role she is responsible for end-to-end technology and operating services across the company, overseeing nearly 95,000 employees and contractors in more than 35 countries. She became a member of the Board of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd and Zurich Insurance Company Ltd in March 2017.

Catherine Bessant

Michel Liès has 40 years’ experience in global insurance and reinsurance, life insurance, and property and casualty insurance. He has held a number of positions in the industry, including Group CEO of [Swiss Re](/org/swiss-re). He began his career at the reinsurer in 1978, working first in the life market in Latin America before moving to Europe in 1983, where he held a number of senior positions within [Swiss Re](/org/swiss-re)’s life businesses. In 1994 he moved into [Swiss Re](/org/swiss-re)’s non-life sector, with responsibility for southern Europe and Latin America. From 1998 he served as [Swiss Re](/org/swiss-re)’s Head of Latin America Division until 2000, when he was appointed Head of the Europe Division of its Property & Casualty Business Group. In 2005 he became [Swiss Re](/org/swiss-re)’s Head Client Markets with responsibility for client relationships worldwide, and was also appointed as a member of the reinsurer’s Group Executive Committee. From 2011 to 2012 Mr. Liès served as [Swiss Re](/org/swiss-re)’s Chairman of Global Partnerships, which works with governments, international development bodies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to mitigate and address global risks and increase resilience. He was appointed [Swiss Re](/org/swiss-re)’s Group CEO in February 2012 and served in that role until his retirement from [Swiss Re](/org/swiss-re) in 2016. He became Chairman of the Board of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd and Zurich Insurance Company Ltd in April 2018.

Michel M. Liès

Michael Halbherr has extensive experience in the technology industry, serving as an investor, active board member and advisor for young, aspiring companies in many different areas including digital mapping, mobility technology, mobile operating systems, and industrial applications. He held leadership roles in Nokia Corporation from 2006 to 2014, including serving from 2011 to 2014 as member of Nokia’s leadership team and later as CEO of HERE BV, a fully owned Nokia company and a leading company in automotive location technologies. From 2001 to 2006 he served as CEO of gate5, a Berlin-based mobile phone software startup, which Nokia acquired in 2006. From 2000 to 2001 he was a managing director at Europeatweb, an investor into gate5 and venture arm of Groupe Arnault. Prior to that he was a manager at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) from 1994 to 2000, in the company’s Zurich and Boston offices, where he was an active member of BCG’s technology practice. He began his career at the Laboratory for Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he worked as a visiting scientist and post-doctoral researcher from 1992 to 1994 with a focus on programming paradigms for massively parallel computers. He joined the boards of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd and of Zurich Insurance Company Ltd in April 2019.

Michael Halbherr

Barry Stowe has extensive business experience and knowledge gained through executive roles in the insurance industry in North America and Asia. Between 2006 and 2018 he was a member of the board of directors and the group executive committee of Prudential plc. From 2015 to 2018 he served as chairman and CEO of Jackson Holdings Ltd, a subsidiary of Prudential plc, and from 2006 to 2015, as CEO of Prudential Corporation Asia. From 1995 to 2006 he held senior executive positions at American International Group (AIG), including serving as president of AIG Life Companies Accident & Health Worldwide based in Hong-Kong from 2001 to 2006. From 1992 to 1995 he served as president of NISUS, a subsidiary of Pan-American Life Insurance Group. From 1980 to 1992 he held several positions at Willis Corroon Group plc in the U.S., an insurance and reinsurance brokerage services company. He joined the boards of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd and of Zurich Insurance Company Ltd in April 2019.

Barry Stowe

Kishore Mahbubani began his career in 1971 as a diplomat with the Singapore Foreign Service, in which he served until 2004, with postings in Cambodia, Malaysia, Washington D.C. and New York. He served two postings as Singapore’s ambassador to the UN and as President of the UN Security Council in January 2001 and May 2002. Mr. Mahbubani was permanent secretary of the Singapore Foreign Ministry from 1993 to 1998. He served as Founding Dean at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of the [National University of Singapore](/org/national-university-of-singapore) (NUS) from 2004 until the end of 2017. In July 2019 he became a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute (ARI) of NUS. He has spoken and published extensively on geopolitical and economic issues. In 2013 the [Financial Times](/org/financial-times) chose one of his books, ‘The Great Convergence: Asia, the West and the Logic of One World,’ as one of the best books about economics in that year. His latest book, ‘Has the West Lost It?,’ published in London in April 2018, was described by Martin Wolf as “a compelling warning.” He has been a member of the Boards of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd and of Zurich Insurance Company Ltd since April 2015.

Kishore Mahbubani

Christoph Franz started his professional career in 1990 at Deutsche Lufthansa AG. From 1994 until 2003 he held different executive functions at Deutsche Bahn AG, including as member of the executive board and CEO of the passenger transport division. In 2004 he became CEO of Swiss International Air Lines Ltd, and in 2009 was promoted to the role of deputy chairman of the executive board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG and CEO Passenger Airlines. From 2011 to 2014, Mr. Franz was chairman of the executive board and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG. He became a member of the boards of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd and Zurich Insurance Company Ltd in April 2014. He was elected Vice-Chairman in April 2018.

Christoph Franz

George Quinn started his career at [KPMG](/org/kpmg) 1988 in London, where he held several positions working with the insurance and reinsurance industry. He joined [Swiss Re](/org/swiss-re) in 1999 as Group Chief Accounting Officer based in Zurich and later served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for [Swiss Re](/org/swiss-re) Group’s financial services. Mr. Quinn became the regional CFO for [Swiss Re](/org/swiss-re) Americas based in New York in 2005. In March 2007 he became [Swiss Re](/org/swiss-re) Group’s CFO. Mr. Quinn joined Zurich in May 2014 as Group CFO and is a member of the Executive Committee.

George Quinn

Dame Alison Carnwath has substantial financial industry experience. She began her career with Peat Marwick Mitchell, now [KPMG](/org/kpmg), where she practiced as a chartered accountant from 1975 to 1980. From 1980 to 1982, she worked as a corporate financier for Lloyds Bank International. From 1982 to 1993, she was assistant director, then director, at J. Henry Schroder Wagg & Co in London and New York. From 1993 to 1997, Dame Alison was a senior partner at the financial advisory firm Phoenix Partnership. The firm was taken over by Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) in late 1997; she continued working for DLJ until 2000. Dame Alison has held several board offices. From 2000 to 2005, she was the chairman of the board of Vitec Group plc, from 2001 to 2006 a director of Welsh Water, from 2004 to 2007 of Friends Provident plc, from 2004 to 2007 of Gallaher Group and from 2007 to 2010, she was the independent chairman of MF Global Inc. She also served on the boards of directors of [Barclays](/org/barclays) from 2010 to 2012, and of Man Group plc from 2001 to 2013. From 2008 to July 2018 she was chairman of the board of Land Securities Group plc. She has been a member of the boards of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd and of Zurich Insurance Company Ltd since March 2012.

Dame Alison Carnwath

Tulsi Naidu was appointed CEO Asia Pacific and became a member of the Executive Committee effective January 1, 2021. Ms. Naidu has more than 20 years of financial services experience in Europe and Asia across both life and general insurance, most recently as CEO of Zurich’s UK business since November 2016. Prior to joining Zurich in September 2016 as Head of Business Development for Europe, Middle East & Africa, Ms. Naidu spent 14 years at [Prudential](/org/prudential-plc) in a variety of executive positions in their UK & Europe business. Earlier in her career she worked at Credit Suisse First Boston, ICICI and Arthur Andersen in locations that included Mumbai, Hong Kong and Singapore. Ms. Naidu is a past Chair of the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s Practitioner Panel.

Ms. Naidu earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, economics and statistics from Nizam College in Hyderabad and a post-graduate degree in management from the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad.

Tulsi Naidu

Laurence Maurice has extensive experience in the insurance industry and in organizational transformation. Before joining as CEO Latin America and as member of the Executive Committee in October 2020, she served for five years as Allianz Partners’ CEO of Spain and Head of Southern Europe. During that time, she revamped strategy while supporting her company’s global transformation. Before this, she spent seven years as Global CFO at Allianz Global Assistance and seven years as Brazil and then Latam Regional CFO for Allianz Seguros. Previously, after beginning her career at PWC, she held positions as Head of Business Division and Head of International Internal Audit at Allianz France.



Laurence Maurice

Jeffrey Gallimore

Peter Giger has extensive experience in insurance and reinsurance, including in areas of finance, risk, strategy, underwriting and regulatory management. He was appointed Zurich’s Group Chief Risk Officer and member of the Executive Committee in October 2019 and took on the additional responsibilities as Group Chief Investment Officer on an interim basis in July 2021. Prior to that, he served for four years from 2014 to 2018 as the head of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority [FINMA](/org/swiss-financial-market-supervisory-authority-finma)’s insurance division. During that time he also served as [FINMA](/org/swiss-financial-market-supervisory-authority-finma)’s deputy CEO and a member of its executive team. While at [FINMA](/org/swiss-financial-market-supervisory-authority-finma) he represented Switzerland in international organizations, instituted standard operating procedures and guidelines, and was instrumental in consolidating Swiss Solvency Test modeling. From 2002 to 2014, he held executive leadership roles at Zurich, including CFO General Insurance from 2010 to 2014. Prior to that he headed Structured Finance at [Swiss Re](/org/swiss-re) from 1999 to 2002. Mr. Giger began his career at Zurich, holding a series of management positions between 1992 and 1999.

Peter Giger

Jasmin Staiblin brings to her role extensive knowledge of how business sectors transform and the growing importance of digitalization and sustainability as a competitive differentiator. She is recognized as one of Europe’s top experts in the field of energy and served as CEO of Alpiq, a leading Swiss energy services provider and electricity producer in Europe, until December 31, 2018. She began her career in 1997 at the ABB Group, the Swedish-Swiss global technology company. She served in various global functions as a member of the management team for ABB’s power technologies division. She held the position of CEO of ABB Switzerland from 2006 to 2012. In 2013 she became CEO of Alpiq Holding Ltd. She joined the boards of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd and of Zurich Insurance Company Ltd in April 2019.

Jasmin Staiblin

Sabine Keller-Busse

Mario Greco joined Zurich in March 2016 as Group Chief Executive Officer and member of the Executive Committee. 

Mr. Greco started his professional career in management consulting, working in [McKinsey & Company](/org/mckinsey-company)’s Milan office from 1986 until 1994, where he became a partner in 1992 and subsequently a partner leader in the insurance segment. In 1995, he joined RAS (Allianz Group) in Milan as head of the claims division. He became general manager in charge of the insurance business the following year. In 1998, he was appointed managing director and in 2000, he became the company’s CEO. At the end of 2004, Mr. Greco joined Allianz AG’s executive board, with responsibility for France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Turkey. In April 2005, he joined the Sanpaolo IMI Group in Milan as CEO of EurizonVita and in October 2005, he was appointed CEO of Eurizon Financial Group. From 2007 to 2012, he served at Zurich, first as CEO Global Life and from 2010, as CEO General Insurance. In 2012 he was appointed CEO of [Generali](/org/generali).

Mario Greco

Jack Howell has more than 25 years’ experience in the financial services sector, of which more than 15 have been in various senior leadership positions for insurance companies in Asia. Prior to his appointment at Zurich, Mr. Howell was the regional officer for Asia for Assicurazioni [Generali](/org/generali) based in Hong Kong. He joined [Generali](/org/generali) from [Prudential](/org/prudential-plc) plc Group, where he briefly served as CEO and President Director for PT [Prudential](/org/prudential-plc) Life Assurance, Indonesia, and for almost six years as CEO of [Prudential](/org/prudential-plc) Vietnam Assurance. Before [Prudential](/org/prudential-plc), he held various positions with AIG in the Philippines, Hong Kong and New York, co-founded a boutique investment bank called TwentyTen, and spent several years as a consultant with organizations including The Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Howell joined Zurich in September 2016 as CEO for Asia Pacific and became a member of the Executive Committee in October 2016. He was named CEO Global Business Platforms effective January 1, 2021.

Jack Howell

Ericson Chan has an extensive background in technology leadership prior to joining Zurich as Group Chief Information and Digital Officer and as member of the Executive Committee in October 2020. From 2016 to 2020 he was CEO of Ping An Technology where he helped to transform Ping An Group’s business model and online ecosystems through digital services including a range of Fintech products and online platforms. Between 1998 and 2016, he held several technology and operations leadership roles at Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore, including Chief Information Officer for North Asia, Head of Corporate & Investment Banking Operations in China and Global Head of Consumer Banking Technology. He also has 6 years of HealthTech experience in the U.S.



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