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.
Christian Conti took over as Head of Non Life on 1 March 2017. He has been working in insurance since 2003, most recently as CEO of Orion Rechtsschutz-Versicherung AG, a subsidiary of Zurich Versicherungs-Gesellschaft AG and Vaudoise Versicherungen AG. Christian Conti was born in 1970 and lives in Zurich.
Bernhard Locher has been in charge of Life business at Generali since 2009. Before joining the company, he was an insurance partner at E&Y for four years. He had previously spent 13 years working in various positions at Winterthur. Born in 1957, Bernhard Locher has three adult daughters and lives in Meilen with his wife.
Mike Fuhrmann
Marketing and Customer Officer, since 2018
Mike Fuhrmann took over as Head of Marketing 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.
“Make the customer the hero of your story. In today's digital world, long-term success will be enjoyed only by those companies for whom the customers rather than corporate marketing are the real brand ambassadors. I am delighted to enhance the customer experience for Generali with a great and dedicated team and to make Generali Switzerland the protagonist of their own company history with fun, creativity and innovation.”
Roger Jansen has been working for Generali Switzerland since May 2000. After holding various positions in the Non-Life field, he moved into management with the Life field service, becoming its head in 2005. In 2011, he started the process of merging the Life and Non-Life field services into a single organisation, of which he became the head. Roger Jansen was born in 1972 and lives in Lachen.
Martin Frick has taken over the management of the Operations & IT Department in February 2017. He has over 20 years of experience as an IT specialist at managerial level in various industries. He is the former Chief Information Officer at the FinTech Incubator Indigo Digital in Zurich. Martin Frick is 53 years old and lives in Zurich and Graubünden.
Alessio Sarti has been the Chief Financial Officer of Generali Switzerland since 2011. He has been with the Generali Group since 1996, 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.
René Schmidli has headed up Generali Switzerland's Investment Division since 2014. He joined Generali in 2006, having previously worked for banks in a variety of positions in the capital markets field. He was born in 1968 and lives with his wife in Zollikon.
Jean-Pierre Schmid has worked for Generali since 1995 and has been its Chief Human Resources & Logistics 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.
«Legal and Compliance are key factors for Generali’s sustained success. As an insurance provider, we represent reliability and integrity for our insured persons, our employees and all additional stakeholders. Their rights are our duty.»
