Christian Mumenthaler (born 21 June 1969) is a Swiss citizen and former Group Chief Executive Officer of Swiss Re, a position he has held since 1 July 2016 until 30 June 2024.[1][2]

Christian Mumenthaler
Speaking at the 2021 World Economic Forum
Born (1969-06-21) 21 June 1969 (age 55)
NationalitySwiss
EducationPhD in Physics (ETH Zurich)
OccupationBusiness executive
TitleFormer Group Chief Executive Officer, Swiss Re

Education

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Mumenthaler holds a PhD from the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich.[2][3]

Career

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Christian Mumenthaler started his career in 1997 as an associate with the Boston Consulting Group.

He joined Swiss Re in 1999 and was responsible for key company projects. In 2002, he established and headed the Group Retro and Syndication unit. Mumenthaler served as Group Chief Risk Officer between 2005 and 2007 and was Head of Life & Health between 2007 and 2010. In January 2011, he was appointed Chief Marketing Officer Reinsurance and a member of the Group Executive Committee and became Chief Executive Officer Reinsurance in October 2011.

In July 2016, Christian Mumenthaler was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer. On 1 January 2023, he additionally assumed the role of Chairman of the Swiss Re Strategic Council.[4] He was Group Chief Executive Officer until July 2024.[5][6]

The World Economic Forum appointed Christian Mumenthaler as a Young Global Leader from 2005-2010.[7]

Christian Mumenthaler has a Ph.D. from the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich.[8]

Prior to his career in business, he created the 1994 Amiga computer game Colonial Conquest II, and made covers for albums by industrial music acts such as Front Line Assembly and X Marks the Pedwalk.[9]

In 2023, Mumenthaler was named on the Time 100 Climate list.[10]

Other affiliations

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Mumenthaler has a number of mandates including [3][11]

Publications

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  • Self-correcting distance geometry for the automatic assignment of NMR NOESY spectra and the prediction of protein tertiary structures. Zürich 1996. Dissertation ETH Zürich, No. 11995, 1996, doi:10.3929/ethz-a-001761326.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Stocks". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Christian Mumenthaler". Institute for Management Development. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Christian Mumenthaler, Chief Executive Officer, Swiss RE AG". Bloomberg. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Christian Mumenthaler".
  5. ^ swissinfo.ch, S. W. I. (3 April 2024). "Swiss Re appoints Andreas Berger as new CEO starting July 1". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Swiss Re CEO Mumenthaler to Step Down After 25 Years at the Firm". bloomberglaw.com. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Christian Mumenthaler: More Than Just Swissness for Swiss Re". finews.asia. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Our leadership | Swiss Re - Leading Global Reinsurer". www.swissre.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Christan Mumenthaler". Discogs.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Christian Mumenthaler". time.com. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Christian Mumenthaler".
  12. ^ Christian, Mumenthaler (1996). Self-correcting distance geometry for the automatic assignment of NMR NOESY spectra and the prediction of protein tertiary structures (Thesis). ETH Zurich. doi:10.3929/ethz-a-001761326. hdl:20.500.11850/142999.
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