Thomas BUBERL

Bio

Thomas Buberl has been Chief Executive Officer and Director of AXA since September 1st, 2016. He began his career as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group for the banking & insurance sector and joined the Winterthur Group in 2005 (acquired by AXA in 2006), first as Chief Operating Officer and then as Chief Marketing and Distribution Officer. He moved to Zurich Insurance Group in 2008 as Chief Executive Officer for Switzerland. At the beginning of 2012, Thomas Buberl was appointed Chief Executive Officer of AXA Germany and member of the AXA Executive Committee. In March 2015, he also joined the AXA Management Committee and became Chief Executive Officer of the global health business line, and, in January 2016, of the global life & savings business line. Thomas Buberl was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Director of AXA in 2016. The renewal of his mandate for a further 4 years was approved by the Group's shareholders' meeting in April 2022. Thomas Buberl holds a Master of Economics degree from WHU Koblenz (Germany), a MBA from Lancaster University (UK) and a PhD in Economics from the University of St.Gallen (Switzerland). He is a member of the IBM board and a member of the board of trustees of the World Economic Forum. A German, Swiss and French citizen, Thomas Buberl was born in 1973. He was named Knight of the French Legion of Honour in 2019.