Corporate Executive Committee

Martin Strobel (1966, D / CH, Dr. rer. pol.) studied computer science, business management and business information systems at the Universities of Kaiserslautern, Windsor (Canada) and Bamberg. From 1993 to 1999 he held various posts at Boston Consulting Group, Dusseldorf, dealing with strategic IT management issues in the banking and insurance sector. He joined the Baloise Group in 1999. Initially he was Head of IT at Basler Switzerland, with responsibility for major cross-business projects in the insurance and banking divisions within the Baloise Group. He was a member of the Corporate Executive Committee from 2003 to 2008, with responsibility for the Corporate Division Switzerland. With effect from 1 January 2009, Dr Martin Strobel took over as Chief Executive Officer.

Michael Müller (1971, CH , lic. oec. publ.) studied national economics at the University of Zurich. He furthered his studies in insurance economics, accounting and financing. He began his career at Basler Versicherungen in 1997. Starting off as a trainee in Group Controlling, he went on to become the deputy Head of Financial Accounting of the Baloise Group and then in 2004 he headed the division. In 2009 as Head of Finance and Risk, he became a member of senior management of the corporate division Switzerland with the main focus on reporting and controlling, the actuarial steering of the insurance companies, risk management as well as being responsible for logistics processes and the project head pool. Michael Müller has been a member of the Corporate Executive Committee and CEO of the corporate division Switzerland since March 2011.

Jan De Meulder (1955, B) studied mathematics and insurance mathematics at the universities of Antwerp and Leuven, Belgium. From 1978 until 1992, he worked in Antwerp for the ING Group at De Vaderlandsche Insurance. He was responsible, amongst other things, for product development and production in the life sector. After two years as General Manager of the Life Association of Scotland, Jan De Meulder joined the Fortis Group, Brussels, in 1994 and there he held various senior management posts, most recently as CEO of Fortis Corporate Insurance. In 2004 he joined the Baloise Group as CEO of the Belgian subsidiary Mercator Verzekeringen in Antwerp. Since 1 January 2009, Jan De Meulder has been head of the International Corporate Division.

German Egloff (1958, CH, lic. oec. HSG) graduated in business management from the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). From 1985 onwards he held various management posts at Winterthur Insurance, Switzerland. In 1997, as a member of the Executive Board, he assumed responsibility for individual nonlife insurance products, which also included the management of both Wincare and, as Chairman of the Board of Directors, Sanacare. From 1998 to 2002, German Egloff was Chief Financial Officer of Winterthur Switzerland and a member of the Board of Directors of Wincare, becoming its Chairman in 2000. From 2002 to 2004, he was Chief Financial Officer at Zurich Financial Services Switzerland. His area of responsibility included finance, human resources, IT, logistics and procurement. German Egloff has been a member of the Corporate Executive Committee (Head of the Corporate Division Finance) since 1 December 2004, with responsibility for Investor Relations, Financial Management and Financial Accounting & Corporate Finance as well as for Corporate IT. The appointed actuary of the Baloise’s Swiss business likewise reports to German Egloff.

Martin Wenk (1957, CH, lic. iur.) held various posts at a major bank from 1982 to 1992 after graduating in law from the University of Basel. He initially worked as an investment advisor to institutional clients, then went on to head a private banking group in New York and subsequently became a sector head in securities sales, where he primarily looked after major institutional clients. From 1992 until 2000, he was Head of Portfolio Management Switzerland within the Baloise Group, with responsibility for managing the assets of various companies in Switzerland and within the Group, including the pension funds. He joined the Corporate Executive Committee (as Head of the Corporate Division Asset Management) in 2001, with responsibility for Asset Management, including the Investment Strategy, Investment Controlling, Baloise Asset Management, Real Estate and Baloise Fund Invest units (fund business). Martin Wenk is a member of the board of Unigestion Holding, Geneva.

Thomas Sieber (1965, CH, Dr iur., M.B.L., lawyer) studied law at the University of St. Gallen. At the beginning of 1994, he qualified to practice law in the canton of Zurich. From 1999 to 2002, he lectured in corporate law at the University of St. Gallen. After holding positions at Landis & Gyr and Siemens, Dr Thomas Sieber joined the Baloise Group in 1997 as the Deputy Head of the Legal and Tax division. He has headed this division since 2001 and also became Secretary of the Board of Directors of Bâloise Holding. As part of the review of the Swiss Insurance Supervisory Act, he managed the “Financial Markets Supervisory Authority” task force of the Swiss Insurance Association (SIA). Since 6 December 2007, Dr Thomas Sieber is Head of the Corporate Centre responsible for Group Human Resources, Legal and Tax, Group Compliance, Corporate Development, Run Off and, since 2009, also for Group Procurement. Thomas Sieber is also a member of the board of directors of EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse.