HDI Global SE taps up Zurich’s Betz for management board in ‘generation change’

HDI Global SE, the industrial insurer of the HDI Group, has appointed Yves Betz as a new member of the management board as part of its “generation change” at the top.

Betz was appointed by the company's supervisory board with effect from December 1, 2019.

He succeeds Dr Stefan Sigulla, who leaves the management board by amicable and mutual consent after many years of successful work. Betz will take over responsibility for the business of HDI Global SE in Europe, North and South America. He joins from the Zurich Insurance Company where he was a member of the German management board with responsibility for leading the German commercial insurance business.

His previous positions at Zurich included working as head of commercial insurance Mexico, chief operating officer for industrial customer business in Asia Pacific and head of captive related business in Spain.

Betz holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen and an MBA from the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago.

Dr Edgar Puls, chairman of the management board of HDI Global SE, said: “We are looking forward to working with Yves Betz. He is a very experienced manager with an international profile and he will enrich our management board due to his international expertise and his broad experience in commercial insurance.”

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