Fredrik Solberg
Investor Relations, Corporate Centre
What is your background?
- I was born in Sweden.
- I volunteered for the Nordic UN forces in Bosnia in 1994 a rifle squad leader.
- I earned an MSc in Engineering Physics from Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm in 2003 and a BSc in Business from Stockholm University in 2000.
- I joined Zurich Nordic in May 2003 as a pricing actuary and was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Nordic unit (Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland) in October 2006.
- I joined the Investor Relations team at Corporate Centre in October 2008.
- I'm recently married, just moved to Switzerland, and am a keen football player and amateur chef.
Why did you choose Zurich?
I decided to join Zurich as a pricing actuary because this enabled me to use my background in applied mathematics and work closely with the business and the decisions made there. I was also attracted by the international profile of Zurich's Global Corporate division and all the interesting challenges faced there.
Why have you stayed with Zurich?
Since my first day, my learning curve has been very steep, and I have enjoyed working with and learning from interesting and knowledgeable people. I have always found challenges to take on and been given many opportunities that were too good to turn down. Because I have always been encouraged to speak my mind by both colleagues and managers, I can definitely testify to Zurich being a very open-minded company.
If I were interviewing you…
…I'd look for a willingness to listen to and learn from your colleagues, but without hesitating to challenge them.
