28.11.2012 |
- Early extension of Management Board contracts to 31 December 2016
- Refinement of the governance structure between the holding company and the operating subsidiaries
- New function of Chief Operating Officer (COO) created
The contracts of the members of the Management Boards of UNIQA Group’s main four companies – the listed holding company, UNIQA Österreich, Raiffeisen Versicherung and UNIQA International – were extended early until 31 December 2016. This secures continuity at the management level. The team which developed the UNIQA 2.0 strategy is largely the same team which will be responsible for its further implementation.
As of 1 January 2013 UNIQA Group will refine the governance structure between the holding company and the operating subsidiaries. The holding company focuses entirely on its function as a financial and management holding that runs groupwide activities. It is responsible for the following areas: Risk Management, Finance and Asset Management, Equity Holdings (including Real Estate), Group Audit, Legal Affairs, Compliance and Governance, steering the International Business, Processes and IT, Human Resources, Marketing and Communication.
Regarding Operational Model and IT Systems, UNIQA Group is establishing the new function of Chief Operating Officer (COO) as of 1 January 2013. The COO has the task of aligning the processes and organisation across the Group to future requirements. This new position will be taken by Thomas Münkel. Münkel, 52, was most recently Chief Governance Officer at the Allianz Group. He has a high level of expertise in the international insurance business acquired in management positions at Allianz Group and Aachener und Münchener Group.
The members of the holding company’s Management Board, plus the Management Board Chairmen of UNIQA Austria and Raiffeisen Versicherung – Hartwig Löger and Klaus Pekarek – make up the Group Executive Board, which coordinates the cooperation between the holding company and the operating companies.
Gottfried Wanitschek, who has been responsible at UNIQA Group for Corporate Business, Equity Holdings, Real Estate and Legal Affairs is to leave the company to the year end by mutual agreement. Much of his activities in the holding company’s Management Board will be assumed by Hannes Bogner (Equity Holdings, Real Estate and Legal Affairs). Corporate Business will be the responsibility of UNIQA Austria and UNIQA International.
The holding company’s Management Board will be reduced from six to five members. From 1 January 2013, the top management of UNIQA Group is made up of the following Management Board members:
UNIQA Versicherungen AG (holding company):
Andreas Brandstetter, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Hannes Bogner, Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Kurt Svoboda, Chief Risk Officer (CRO)
Thomas Münkel, Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Wolfgang Kindl, UNIQA International
UNIQA Österreich Versicherungen AG:
Hartwig Löger, CEO and Sales Management
Peter Eichler, Personal Insurance Management
Robert Wasner, Property Insurance Management
Silvia Harfmann, Process Management
Raiffeisen Versicherung AG:
Klaus Pekarek, CEO
Harald Chrstos, Sales Management
Peter Eichler, Personal Insurance Management
Robert Wasner, Property Insurance Management
Martin Sardelic, Process Management
UNIQA International:
Wolfgang Kindl, CEO, Central Europe (CE) and Western Europe (WE)
Johannes Porak, Bank Sales
Christian Schwarz, Eastern Europe (EE) and Poland
Zoran Visnjic, South Eastern Europe (SEE)
Reservations concerning statements about the future:
This message contains statements that refer to future developments in the UNIQA Group. These statements are appraisals that are made based on all information available to us at the current point in time. If the assumptions on which they are based do not occur, the actual events may vary from the results currently expected. For this reason, we cannot accept liability for these statements.
Vienna, 28. November 2012