Change at the head of Allianz Switzerland

The new Chairman of the Board of Management of Allianz Switzerland, Laura Gersch (41), will bring with her extensive expertise in the areas of property and life insurance, as well as in finance, product, distribution, IT and human resources. Since January 1, 2022, she has been responsible for the Finance department within the Management Board of Allianz Versicherungs-AG, where she ensured the introduction of the IFRS9/17 accounting standards, while significantly advancing the agile transformation. Previously, since January 2020, she was responsible for the Corporate Customers and Personnel department within the Management Board of Allianz Lebensversicherungs-AG. In this role, she developed corporate retirement provision products to adapt them to changes in interest rates and launched the #equalpension initiative. From 2017 to 2019, she headed the office of the Chairman of the Management Board of Allianz SE, Oliver Bäte. Mother of two, Laura Gersch joined Allianz in 2014 and held various management positions at Allianz Global Automotive, including member of the steering committee. Previously, she worked as a consultant in the European banking and insurance sector.