Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) and Allianz Germany have made leadership changes, effective 1 December.
The current CEO of Allianz Versicherungs-AG and of Allianz Beratungs- und Vertriebs-AG (ABV), Joachim Müller, will be appointed as the new CEO of AGCS.
Müller will take on the role from Chris Fischer Hirs, who will step down as CEO from 30 November 2019.
Hirs joined Allianz in 1999 as chief financial officer of Allianz Risk Transfer (ART). In 2007, he joined the AGCS SE board and held a variety of board positions contributing to the successful establishment of AGCS, including chief regions and markets officer and then CFO, before becoming CEO in 2015.
Commenting on Hirs departure, Niran Peiris, member of the board of management of Allianz SE, said: “Hirs has been with AGCS since its early days, and has been instrumental in shaping the company into the market leader it is today.”
Peiris added: “I would like to thank him for his long-standing contribution to Allianz and to welcome Müller into this new role. He is the right candidate to lead AGCS into the future: he will continue to transform the company and to secure its leading position in this important business segment for Allianz and for our customers.”
Additional leadership changes include Andreas Kanning, currently a board member at Allianz Beratungs- und Vertriebs-AG (ABV), taking on the role as CEO of ABV and a board member of Allianz Deutschland AG.
Kanning joined Allianz in 1995 and took over several managerial tasks in the sales area. From 2012 until 2014, he took over a management role in human resources at Allianz Deutschland AG, after which he was appointed to the ABV management board.
He became responsible for the northern sales region and was appointed labour relations director.
Finally, Klaus-Peter Röhler, CEO of Allianz Deutschland AG, has been appointed as CEO of Allianz Versicherungs-AG in addition to his current responsibilities.
