Helvetia appoints Bernhard Kaufmann as Group Chief Risk Officer
Bernhard Kaufmann is to become Group Chief Risk Officer and a member of the Group Executive Management of Helvetia Insurance. He has broad international management experience in risk management and will join Helvetia at the beginning of November.
In mid-May 2024, Helvetia announced that Group Risk Management would become part of the Group Executive Management as a new division. The leadership of this new division has now been filled by Bernhard Kaufmann. He will join Helvetia at the beginning of November as Group Chief Risk Officer and member of the Group Executive Management. Bernhard Kaufmann has many years of management experience in risk management in an international environment. He has been Chief Risk Officer and a member of the Group Executive Management of the Dutch NN Group since 2020. Prior to that, he held various roles at Munich Re Group, most recently as Group Chief Risk Officer. Bernhard Kaufmann is a German citizen and holds a doctorate in theoretical physics from the Technical University of Munich.
"With Bernhard Kaufmann, Helvetia is gaining a proven expert in risk management and a leader with broad international experience. I am delighted that he is strengthening our team", explains Fabian Rupprecht, Group CEO of Helvetia. He adds: "By integrating Risk Management as an independent part of the Group Executive Management, we are further improving our governance and ensuring that Helvetia remains a reliable partner for customers, employees and investors even in times of constant change." The new Group Risk Management unit assesses all risks in particular, including strategic, financial and operational risks as well as risks associated with major projects of the Group and the market units, in order to mitigate these together with the units concerned. This division also manages all ESG activities and bundles key control tasks at Group Executive Management level.
With the appointment of Bernhard Kaufmann as Group Chief Risk Officer, the realigned Group Executive Management is now complete. "The adjusted Group structure and the new Group Executive Management members strengthen Helvetia's international dimension. At the same time, we are continuing to develop in terms of diversity in various respects," says Fabian Rupprecht.
Source: www.helvetia.ch
