Appointments to the Management Committee of Vaudoise Assurances: Kristel Rouiller will head the Human Resources department and Bruno Férolles that of Personal Insurance

Lausanne, June 26, 2024 – The Board of Directors has appointed Kristel Rouiller as future director of the Human Resources department of the Vaudoise Assurances Group from 1^is November 2024, as well as Bruno Férolles as future director of the Personal Insurance department. He will join Vaudoise on the 1st^is October 2024 and will replace from 1^is January 2025 Jacques Marmier on the Management Committee. The latter will retire during the year 2025 after twenty-eight years within the Group.

Aged 47, Kristel Rouiller has more than twenty years of experience in the field of human resources in various Swiss and international companies. Holder of an EMBA from IMD Business School, a Master’s degree in occupational psychology (Universities of Neuchâtel and Bern), since 2018 she has been Director of Human Resources for a major insurance company. Kristel Rouiller is married and mother of two children.

Aged 48, Bruno Férolles draws on more than twenty years of experience in asset management and insurance. Holder of a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Economic Sciences from HEC Lausanne, he has already worked for the Vaudoise Group from 2013 to 2022 within the Asset Management department as deputy director and member of the extended management. Bruno Férolles is married and father of two children.

“I am very pleased to welcome Kristel Rouiller and Bruno Férolles, two personalities with strong leadership and extensive experience. They will be able to respond to the challenges of our Company at a time of transformation of our solutions involving support for the evolution of our business, and will thus contribute to the development of the Group’s strategy”, indicates Jean-Daniel Laffely, CEO of the Group. Vaudois.

Bruno Férolles will succeed Jacques Marmier who will retire during 2025 after a career of more than thirty-five years in the world of insurance. He began his career with another company in Lausanne before joining Vaudoise in 1996 as head of individual life, then member of the extended management. Since 2012, he has been director of the Personal Insurance department. He will take advantage of the transition months between the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025 in order to hand over the department to his successor in the best conditions.

This press release is available on vaudoise.ch.

Photos of Kristel Rouiller and of Bruno Férolles

For any further information:
Patrick Matthey, Head of Institutional Communication, 021 618 82 18,
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The Vaudoise Assurances Group
Vaudoise Assurances is the only independent private insurance company with a decision-making center in French-speaking Switzerland. It is one of the ten largest private insurers on the Swiss market. Founded in 1895, it has recognized skills in all areas of insurance, protection and Asset Management. Customers find a local service from the agencies, both in terms of advice and claims settlement. The Group employs more than 1,900 full-time employees (FTE), including around a hundred people in training. Faithful to its cooperative origins, it pays part of its profits in the form of premium discounts to its policyholders. In 2024-2025, CHF 37 million will be redistributed. The shares of Vaudoise Assurances Holding SA are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (VAHN).