Professional Experience



Strategic Advisor

2024 - present

Chief Executive Officer
 2018 - 2024

 

 

 

Advising Korean Re's executive management on internationalization and long-term vision

 

Set up and led Korean Re’s first international reinsurance subsidiary (FINMA licensed, Single-A rating by S&P)



Business Angel
2009 - present

Business Angel & investor in fintech/technology start-up companies and funds

Member Board of Directors Exeon Analytics AG, a leading European cyber security company

Consultant mandates in the re/insurance and asset management industry

 



Chief Executive Officer

2016 - 2019

Global head of reinsurance with teams in  Singapore, Hong Kong, Bermuda, UK and Switzerland. CEO Sompo Canopius Re, a Zurich based and FINMA regulated reinsurance company. Member of Group Underwriting Committee.



Chief Market & Operating Officer

2015

Member of EMEA reinsurance executive management committee. Responsibility for Market Executives and EMEA branches.



Chief Underwriting Officer

2010 - 2015

Member executive management of Catlin Re Switzerland, a FINMA regulated reinsurance company. Underwriting responsibility for European property, casualty, specialty and global credit&surety book. Member of  Goup Underwriting Board and European Insurance/Reinsurance Management Committee.



Managing Director

1998 - 2010

Various senior positions such as Global Head of Bank Client Relationship and Executive Member of Swiss Re’s Credit Division. Responsible for origination and business development in Asia and Europe. Successful underwriting and structuring of insurance, reinsurance and capital markets transactions in Europe, USA, Japan, and Latin America.



Vice President

1995 - 1997

Commercial and Investment banking in Zurich and New York. Structured and executed trade finance transactions for target Latin American banking and corporate clients in Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil.



Research Assistant

1991 - 1994

Assistant to Prof.Dr. Alois Riklin at the Institute of Political Science. Various publications on political theory and constitutional law. 18-month Ph.D. research project in São Paulo and Brasília funded by a Swiss National Science Foundation scholarship.