Name:
Dr Monica Mächler
Nationality:
Swiss
Function:
Member
First elected:
2015
End current period:
2019
Swiss national and resident, born in 1956
Dr Mächler was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors on 29 April 2015. She is also a member of the Audit and Risk Committee. Her current term expires at the Annual General Meeting in 2019. She earned her Doctorate in Law (Dr iur.) at the University of Zurich’s law school, was admitted to the Zurich bar and complemented her studies by attending programmes on UK, US and private international law.
Professional experience:
- 2009–2012: Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA, Bern Switzerland), whereby serving as a member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Technical Committee of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) (Basel, Switzerland)
- 2007–2008: Director of the Swiss Federal Office of Private Insurance (Bern, Switzerland)
- 1990–2006: Key positions at Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich, Switzerland): Corporate Legal Advisor (1990–1998), Group General Counsel (1999–2006) and member of the Group Management Board (2001–2006)
- 1985–1990: Attorney at Law at De Capitani, Kronauer & Wengle (Zurich, Switzerland)
Other board memberships and activities:
- Since 2018: Member of the Board of GAM Holding AG (Switzerland), member of the Audit Committee and of the Governance and Nomination Committee, a company listed on SIX
- Since 2017: Member of the Board of the Europa Institut at the University of Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland)
- Since 2014: Member of the Board of the “Stiftung für schweizerische Rechtspflege” (Solothurn, Switzerland)
- Since 2013: Member of the Board of Directors of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd (Zurich, Switzerland) and Zurich Insurance Company Ltd (Zurich, Switzerland), whereby serving as member of the Audit Committee and of the Governance, Nomination & Corporate Responsibility Committee of the respective companies, listed on SIX
- Since 2012: Member of the Advisory Board of the International Center for Insurance Regulation at the Goethe University (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), serving as Chair since 2015
Previous board memberships:
- 2012–2018: Member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), whereby serving as member of the Audit Committee and the Risk Committee, a company listed on the German Stock Exchange
