Get to know the members of our Executive Board and find out just what customer focus means to them personally.
Andreas Krümmel took over as CEO of Generali Switzerland in early May 2016. He has been working in insurance since 1987, most recently as Head of Property & Casualty and a member of the Executive Board at Axa Winterthur. Born in 1968, he lives in Langnau am Albis, Zurich, with his partner.
Chief Non-Life Officer, since 2017
Christian Conti took over the management of the Non-Life division on 1 March 2017. He has been working in insurance since 2003 and, prior to joining Generali, was CEO of Orion Legal Protection Insurance (a subsidiary of Zurich Insurance and Vaudoise Insurance). He trained as a lawyer, did his PhD in medical law and rounded out his business acumen with an executive MBA from the IMD in Lausanne. Christian Conti was born in 1970 and lives in Zurich.
Mike Fuhrmann
Mike Fuhrmann took over as Chief Marketing Officer on 20 August 2018. He has more than 15 years of marketing and branding experience, and can look back on a career including leading positions on both the agency and industry sides. He has created innovative brand experiences for global players such as Bayer, DHL, ING, NN Life and Zurich. From 2014 onwards, Mike Fuhrmann was Chief Creative Officer for Hocoma, a Swiss medical device company and world leader in robotic rehabilitation, where he was in charge of marketing, communication and product management. Following the successful merger with DIH International in 2016, he also took over, as Global Vice President Marketing, the marketing management of the Group's rehab division (Beijing) and of that of its research partner Motek (Amsterdam). He was born in 1976 and lives with his family in Horgen.
Chief Operating Officer, since 2017
Martin Frick took over the management of the Operations & IT department in February 2017. He has over 20 years of executive-level experience in various industries. He has held CIO and COO positions in a range of corporate environments (consulting, banking, insurance, travel, core banking software) and start-ups (banking, payments), and has also been involved in the development of new business lines (financial services, business process outsourcing) at national and international level. The common theme in all these engagements has been the implementation and management of comprehensive change. Martin Frick was born in 1964.
Alessio Sarti has been the Chief Financial Officer of Generali Switzerland since 2011. He has been with the Generali Group since 1997, initially in Group Accounting and Group Strategic Planning at the parent company in Trieste and since 2007 at Generali Switzerland as its Head of Enterprise Risk Management. Born in 1968, Alessio Sarti lives with his family in Zurich.
Jean-Pierre Schmid has worked for Generali since 1995 and has been its Chief Customer Services & Human Resources Officer since January 2012. He had previously been a manager in a variety of strategic roles. Jean-Pierre Schmid was born in 1963 and lives in Zurich with his wife and three daughters.
As Chief Risk Officer, Giselle Lim has been head of the Risk Management Department since October 2017 and is a member of the Executive Board at Generali Switzerland. She has around 20 years of international management experience in the financial services sector. Before joining Generali, she was Executive Director at EY Zurich. Prior to this, she was Chief Risk Officer at Prudent Financial International and held various management roles at international level. Giselle Lim was born in 1966 and lives in Zurich.
Alexander Lacher took over as General Counsel on 1 April 2018. He possesses over 15 years’ experience in key legal positions in the field of insurance. In his previous capacity, he was Head of the Insurance Law Department at EY (Switzerland). He holds a doctorate in law (Dr. iur.) and received an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In addition to publishing regularly on the topic of insurance law, he is also a lecturer at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW). Alexander Lacher is 42 years old and lives in the Canton of Schwyz.
Ralph Schmid
Ralph Schmid has been in charge of the Life & Pension business at Generali Switzerland since January 2020. He has many years of international experience in the field of savings and pensions. Ralph has spent over 12 years working in various positions at Generali Switzerland and was previously Group Head of Unit Linked Savings & Pensions at Generali Group. Born in 1977, he lives with his wife and two daughters in Lachen.
Sepp Ruchti
Sepp Ruchti took over as Chief Distribution Officer on 1 March 2020. Before joining Generali Switzerland in December 2017 as head of Distribution Partner Management, he held various leadership roles for Zurich Insurance and Swiss Life in broker and agent distribution as well as business transformation in Switzerland, France and the US. He holds a Master of Science from the University of Zurich and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Sepp Ruchti was born in 1972 and lives with his family in Kilchberg.
