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Thomas Buberl | |
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| Born | Cologne,West Germany (now Germany) |
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| Title | CEO,Axa |
| Term | 2016- |
| Predecessor | Henri de Castries |
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Thomas Buberl is a German businessman who has been the CEO ofAxa since 2016.
Buberl was born inCologne, Germany.[citation needed] He earned a business degree fromWHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany), an MBA fromLancaster University (UK), and a PhD in economics from theUniversity of St. Gallen (Switzerland).[1]
In 2012, Buberl joined Axa as chief executive officer of AXA Konzern AG in Germany and became a member of the Axa executive committee. In March 2015, he became CEO of Axa's global health business line and a member of the Axa's management committee.[2]
In January 2016, Buberl was also appointed CEO of the global business line, life & savings. From March to August 2016, he was deputy CEO of Axa Group.[citation needed]
Buberl became CEO and a member of the board of directors in September 2016, whenDenis Duverne was made chairman (the two roles were separated whenHenri de Castries left the company on this date).[3][4][5] Under his leadership, Axa boughtXL, for 12.4 billion in 2018 as part of a shift towardscasualty andproperty insurance.[6]
In 2019, Buberl became one of the founding members of the Climate Finance Leadership Initiative (CFLI), a group convened byMichael R. Bloomberg to help facilitate the private financing objectives included in theParis Agreement.[7]
In 2008, Buberl was named a "Young Global Leader" by the World Economic Forum.[8]
In July 14, 2019, he was promoted to the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honor in France.[9]
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