New Zurich Appointment: Head of Global Corporate

During his studies, which focused on law at the universities of Zurich and St. Gallen, both in Switzerland, Christoph worked at a major Swiss life insurance company where, amongst others, he acted as strategic assistant to the General Counsel on the U.S. Holocaust class action against major European insurance companies.

Having completed his studies, Christoph joined a start-up IT company and, after two years, entered the Zurich fold.

With over 13 years’ experience in technical and leadership underwriting roles within Zurich’s Financial Lines in Europe and, more recently globally as Head of Management Liability, Christoph brings a wide range of technical, managerial and people skills to the Global Corporate function in South Africa.

In this role, Christoph reports to Edwyn O’Neill, CEO of Zurich South Africa and joins the Executive Team.