Executive Management

Under the leadership of the Group CEO, the Group Executive Committee is responsible for the management of Swiss Re Ltd and the Group.

Executive Management (photo)

From left to right: Urs Baertschi, J. Eric Smith, Edouard Schmid, Moses Ojeisekhoba, Christian Mumenthaler, John R. Dacey, Anette Bronder, Andreas Berger, Thierry Léger, Nigel Fretwell, Guido Fürer, Patrick Raaflaub, Russell Higginbotham, Hermann Geiger

Members of the Group Executive Committee

The Group Executive Committee (Group EC) consisted of the following 14 members as of 31 December 2019:

Name

Nationality

Age

Function

Appointed in current role

Member of the Group EC since:

1

January 2011

2

October 2012

3

July 2019

4

July 2019

5

September 2018

6

March 2012

Christian Mumenthaler

Swiss

50

Group Chief Executive Officer

July 20161

Urs Baertschi

Swiss, German

44

CEO Reinsurance Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)/Regional President EMEA

September 2019

Andreas Berger

German

53

CEO Corporate Solutions

March 2019

Anette Bronder

German

52

Group Chief Operating Officer

July 2019

John R. Dacey

American

59

Group Chief Financial Officer

April 20182

Nigel Fretwell

British

57

Group Chief Human Resources Officer

May 20133

Guido Fürer

Swiss

56

Group Chief Investment Officer

November 2012

Hermann Geiger

German

56

Group Chief Legal Officer

January 20094

Russell Higginbotham

British

52

CEO Reinsurance Asia/Regional President Asia

July 20195

Thierry Léger

French, Swiss

53

CEO Life Capital

January 2016

Moses Ojeisekhoba

Nigerian, British

53

CEO Reinsurance

July 20166

Patrick Raaflaub

Swiss, Italian

54

Group Chief Risk Officer

September 2014

Edouard Schmid

Swiss

55

Chairman Swiss Re Institute & Group Chief Underwriting Officer

July 2017

J. Eric Smith

American

62

CEO Reinsurance Americas/Regional President Americas

January 2012

The following two Group EC members stepped down during 2019:

 

 

 

 

Stepped down

 

For the biographies of former Group EC members, please refer to: Former members

Jayne Plunkett

American

49

CEO Reinsurance Asia/Regional President Asia

8 July 2019

Thomas Wellauer

Swiss

64

Group Chief Operating Officer

30 June 2019