Zurich building. (Credit: Bloomberg media source)
Zurich has announced a string of leadership changes at the Swiss-based insurer.
Effective January 1, 2021, the following will enter new leadership roles:
- Current APAC CEO Jack Howell will head the Global Business Platforms unit.
- Ericson Chan, who is currently CEO of Ping An Technology, will become Zurich's group chief information and digital officer.
- Kathleen Savio, currently CEO North America, will move into the newly created role of group chief transformation officer.
- Kristof Terryn will succeed Savio as CEO of North America.
- Tulsi Naidu will take over as CEO APAC.
Zurich also appointed Laurence Maurice as CEO LatAm and named Katja Roth Pellanda to lead its legal team as group general counsel. Both appointments are effective from October 1.
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Varsha Patel
Varsha joined Law.com International in October 2019 after working as a senior editor at LexisNexis. She covers continental Europe and the in-house market. You can reach her on [email protected]
