Gallagher Re snares Swiss Re’s key European leader to target Nordic market

Global reinsurance broker  Gallagher Re has made a strategic senior hire from Swiss Re to strengthen its presence across the Nordic and help identify and capitalise on new business opportunities in the region.

Christian Kreutzer (pictured) has been appointed to the role of executive director. He will join the Nordic management team alongside David Egan, Mikkel Nyquist, Mark Cole and Randi Paulsrud and will report to Ditte Deschars, regional director and head of Nordic at  Gallagher Re.

Kreutzer has more than 20 years of experience in international business, across both treaty and facultative reinsurance, particularly in the Nordic market.

He joins  Gallagher Re from Swiss Re where he was most recently head of the Nordic, Baltics, Russian and Dutch region having previously been head of market underwriting in Austria, Central & Eastern Europe as well as leading Swiss Re’s facultative property & casualty team in Asia-Pacific from Hong Kong. Kreutzer began his career in 1999, at Bayerische Rück and had a specialist focus on the Nordic and Dutch market, before moving to Swiss Re in 2002, initially as head of the Nordic client relations team.

In his new role, Kreutzer will supporting  Gallagher Re’s client servicing and growth commitment in the Nordic region and he will also lead and drive product innovation across the wider EMEA North & East region, and support clients in helping identify and capitalise on new business opportunities.

Deschars said: “It is rare to find an individual with such an impressive depth and breadth of knowledge and solution-driven attitude – we are so delighted that Christian has chosen to join us. He will be a fantastic addition to our Nordic team and brings with him a wealth of knowledge that will be essential as we continue to strengthen our regional presence and execute on our growth strategy.

“Having personally known Christian for almost 20 years, and seen the integral role he has played in driving positive growth and development in every region he has worked, I know he will fast become an invaluable member of our team as we assist our clients in meeting their fast-evolving capital and risk management challenges.”

Kreutzer commented: “This is an exciting time to be joining  Gallagher Re and the Nordic management team in particular. They have an excellent reputation and I am very much looking forward to working with them to identify new bespoke business opportunities and risk transfer strategies for our clients as we build out our regional presence.”

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