of Baloise in Switzerland
of Baloise in Switzerland
Clemens Markstein joined the Executive Committee of Baloise’s Corporate Division Switzerland in 2009 as Head of Product Management for Corporate Clients. He has been Head of Operations & IT since May 2017. The 52-year-old studied industrial engineering at Karlsruhe University in his home country of Germany and trained in strategy, marketing and finance during a management programme at Wharton Business School in Pennsylvania and at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. In 2016, he completed an advanced management programme at the Insead Business School in Fontainebleau, France. Following his studies, Clemens Markstein began his professional career as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group in Stuttgart. He then held various roles at Allianz in Germany and in Switzerland, before finally moving to Baloise.
He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the International Network of Insurance (INI) since 2011 and its chairman since 2019. The INI is the world’s largest network of independent insurers and offers non-life insurance solutions for customers and brokers in a total of 150 countries. Since 2018, Clemens Markstein has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Prevo-System AG.
Clemens Markstein saw off competition from a field of internal and external candidates in the course of a broad-ranging recruitment process. “Thanks to his extensive experience in the insurance industry, Clemens Markstein is very familiar with the business, with Baloise in particular, and with the current challenges we are facing. We firmly believe that, in him, we have found the right person for this important role in Switzerland,” says Gert De Winter, CEO of the Baloise Group. “He will be able to build on the strengths of the corporate division and use his expertise in digitalisation to drive the Swiss business forward. We look forward to accompanying him on this journey.”
Clemens Markstein will take up his new role as CEO of Baloise in Switzerland with effect from 1 July 2023. The decision on his succession to this position is subject to the approval of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).