Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has appointed Ali Shahkarami to the newly appointed role of chief data officer, effective 1 April.
In his new role, Shahkarami will be responsible for the development and the delivery of AGCS’ data strategy and report directly to AGCS COO Bettina Dietsche.
Shahkarami will focus on aligning various data initiatives, tools and investments with AGCS’ business and data strategy as well as Allianz Group’s data strategy.
He will work with the data solutions and architecture team, which is reporting to him, to help expand the firm’s data governance framework to ensure privacy and fidelity of all data and applications.
Shahkarami joined AGCS in 2012 as head of catastrophe risk research where he was responsible for research and development activities to capture risks of man-made and natural catastrophes.
Dietsche said: “Data and analytics are of vital importance for our success and for supporting our clients – not only for reporting and steering but also to boost analytic capabilities in underwriting and claims and discover new insights and opportunities.”
She added: “That’s why it is so important that we created this position with a clear mandate to drive our data initiatives forward. I wish Ali Shahkarami every success in this important role and trust that he and his team will help to further strengthen our data and analytics capabilities.”
