Board of Directors

The members of the Board are elected by the shareholders at the AGM. The Board constitutes itself in its first meeting after the AGM, except for the Chairman and the members of the Remuneration Committee who, as required by the Ordinance Against Excessive Compensation (AEC), in force since January 1, 2014, are elected by the shareholders.

Michel M. Liès

Chairman, Chairman of the Governance, Nominations and Sustainability Committee, member of the Remuneration Committee
First year of election: 2018

Christoph Franz

Vice-Chairman, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, member of the Governance, Nominations and Sustainability Committee
First year of election: 2014

Joan Amble

Member of the Risk and Investment Committee
First year of election: 2015

Catherine Bessant

Member of the Remuneration Committee, member of the Audit Committee
First year of election: 2017

Dame Alison Carnwath

Chairman of the Audit Committee, member of the Governance, Nominations and Sustainability Committee, member of the Risk and Investment Committee
First year of election: 2012

Jeffrey Hayman

Chairman of the Risk and Investment Committee, member of the Governance, Nominations and Sustainability Committee
First year of election: 2016

Monica Mächler

Member of the Governance, Nominations and Sustainability Committee, member of the Audit Committee
First year of election: 2013

Kishore Mahbubani

Member of the Remuneration Committee, member of the Risk and Investment Committee
First year of election: 2015

David Nish

Member of the Audit Committee, member of the Risk and Investment Committee
First year of election: 2016

Proposed Board of Director changes:

The roles of the Board committees

The Board may establish committees for specific topics, terms of reference and rules with respect to delegated tasks, responsibilities and reporting to the Board.

Board Committees

Election and constitution

Get facts and figures from the Annual General Meetings of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd.

Annual General Meeting

The Zurich management team

The Executive Committee serves the Group CEO as the core management team in matters of Group-wide strategic, financial and business-policy relevance, including consolidated performance, capital allocation and mergers and acquisitions.

Executive Committee