Andreas Berger Group Chief Executive Officer
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Professional experience
Andreas Berger started his insurance career in 1995 as a leadership trainee at Gerling Group, followed by various leadership positions at Boston Consulting Group. He returned to Gerling in 2004 as Head of Commercial Business and International Programs and Affinity Business. When Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) was created in 2006, Andreas Berger became its Global Head of Market Management & Communication, where he established an overall market management function for the corporate client segment and served as AGCS spokesperson. In 2009, he was appointed AGCS Chief Executive Officer, Regional Unit London with responsibility for the UK, Ireland, South Africa, the Middle East and Benelux.
In 2011, as Andreas Berger joined the AGCS Board of Management as Chief Regions & Market Officer (Central & Eastern Europe, Mediterranean, Africa and Asia). In addition, he assumed responsibility for the Global Broker Channel Distribution for the Allianz Group.
Andreas Berger joined Swiss Re in March 2019 as Chief Executive Officer Corporate Solutions and member of the Group Executive Committee, and was appointed as Group Chief Executive Officer effective 1 July 2024.
Educational background
- Master's degree in Law, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
- Master's degree in Business Administration, Université de Paris-Dauphine (IX), France/Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
External mandates
- Chairman of the Executive Council of the International Insurance Society and the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce
- Board member of economiesuisse, Geneva Association and of Advance, Gender Equality in Business
- Member of the Pan-European Insurance Forum; the Global Reinsurance Forum; the Steering Committee of the Insurance Development Forum; Insurance Europe's Reinsurance Advisory Board; the Executive Committee of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the Board of Trustees of the St.Gallen Foundation for International Studies and Avenir Suisse