Change to Munich Re Board of Management

The Supervisory Board of Munich Re has appointed Dr Achim Kassow to the Board of Management with effect from 1 May 2020. He will succeed Hermann Pohlchristoph, who for personal reasons will not be extending his board appointment, which expires on 30 April 2020, and will be leaving the company.

Kassow will assume responsibility for Asia Pacific and Africa as well as for the central divisions Central Procurement and Services. He has been with Munich Re Group since 2016 and is currently chairman of the Board of Management of ERGO Deutschland AG in Düsseldorf. He will be succeeded in this function by Theodoros Kokkalas, who is currently CEO of ERGO Greece.

“The Board of Management and the Supervisory Board would like to thank Hermann Pohlchristoph for his seventeen years of commitment to Munich Re,” said Munich Re in a release.

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