FERMA picks Deutsche Bank's Wegener to succeed Willaert as president

The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) has elected Dirk Wegener, global head of corporate insurance for Deutsche Bank Group and a member of the German risk management association GVNW, as its next president.

Wegener will succeed Jo Willaert as president in November 2019.

Currently deputy president of FERMA, Wegener started his career in the German insurance industry and moved into risk management with Daimler Group and then in 2012 with Deutsche Bank.

“I am delighted that FERMA has chosen Dirk as my successor," said Willaert. "Since his first election to the Board of FERMA in 2015, he has contributed greatly to FERMA’s work and supported me as president. The commitment and leadership Dirk has shown as Board member and Deputy President will undoubtedly serve FERMA in achieving greater heights.”

Wegener said: “It will be a privilege to serve as President of FERMA. I have always recognised the very important role that FERMA plays in lobbying for the interests of corporate risk managers and commercial insurance buyers, and acting as a catalyst for ideas and expertise for the risk manager community. That is ever more important in the age of digitalisation.

"The theme of the FERMA 2019 Forum, Aim for the future: entering a new dimension of risk, is a good statement of my vision for my mandate as president. I will support the profession to steadily embrace this future with confidence.”

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