Christian Mumenthaler

Professional experience

Christian Mumenthaler started his career in 1997 as an associate at 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 Mumenthaler 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 Chief Executive Officer Reinsurance in October 2011. In July 2016, Christian Mumenthaler was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer.

Educational background

• PhD in Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland

External mandates

• Chairman of Insurance Europe’s Reinsurance Advisory Board
• Vice Chairman of the Geneva Association
• Board member of economiesuisse, the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce and the Society for the Promotion of the Institute of Insurance Economics, St. Gallen
• Member of the Pan-European Insurance Forum, the IMD Foundation Board, the Global Reinsurance Forum, the Steering Board Insurance Development Forum, the Board of Trustees of Avenir Suisse and the Board of Trustees of the St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies