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Nora Gürtler is the Chief Audit Executive of Assicurazioni Generali Group and a member of the ECIIA Insurance Committee. Between 2011 and 2017, she has been the Chief Risk Officer of Generali Germany, leading the Solvency II implementation project there, since 2016 as a Board member. Nora is a Fellow of the German Actuarial Association (DAV), where she chairs the Education Committee. As a member of DAV’s Enterprise Risk Committee, she teaches Risk & Actuarial topics at DAV and at Salzburg University. Nora has a PhD in Mathematical Statistics from Karlsruhe University, where she graduated after studying Mathematics there and at ENS Lyon.
Ann Marie is an experienced Head Of Internal Audit with a demonstrated history of working in the insurance industry. Skilled in Financial Risk, Internal Audit, Microsoft Excel, Risk Management, and Banking. Strong accounting professional graduated from the University of Stockholm. She has served as Chief Audit at AMF and she is currently the Chief Audit Executive at Sampo Group Internal Audit.
Stephen joined the UK Insurance and Asset Manager, Legal & General Group as Group Chief Internal Auditor in 2014. He was previously Emerging Markets Chief Internal Auditor at RSA Insurance Group where he was responsible for the Internal Audit activity in the Group’s businesses across Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Eastern Europe. His 25 years Internal Audit Experience has included Life, General and Healthcare Insurance in both the Company and Lloyd’s of London markets. He was also previously an Audit Consultant at the London Stock Exchange Group. Stephen is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors.
Ralph brings a wealth and breadth of experience with him, including from his most recent role as Group Chief Auditor at RSA Insurance Group Plc, where he also served as a member of the Group’s Executive Team. Before his time at RSA, Ralph headed up Deloitte UK’s internal audit services to the insurance industry and held senior audit positions at global insurer Aviva Plc. He started his career in Deloitte’s Risk Advisory practice in The Netherlands. Ralph holds a Masters in Finance from London Business School, as well as a Masters in Economics from Tilburg University, The Netherlands. Ralph is currently Head of Group Audit at Zurich Insurance Company Ltd.
Andrea is Head of Group Internal Audit (CAE) at UNIQA since 2020. Before, she worked several years in internal and external audit, nine of them within the insurance industry. She has a strong finance and managerial background, with a degree in Financial Management and Business Education. She holds an EMBA from the University of Minnesota and a ‘Certification in Risk Management Assurance’.
Education:
Bachelor Degree in Economics and Business. Insurance Actuary. (University of the Basque Country)
Main positions:
Group Chief Internal Audit Officer (with effect from April 1, 2024)
Previous positions:
• Group Chief Strategy and M&A Officer (from January 2017 to December 2023)
• Director of the MAPFRE Mergers & Acquisitions Area (2007 -2016).
• Head of MAPFRE ASISTENCIA Internal Audit (2000 – 2007)
Pascale Vandenbussche is Managing Director of Meilleurs Conseils Financiers. She was Senior Manager with the global consultancy Accenture for the Finance and Performance Management Product Line. Prior to that, she was Financial Director, Europe for the Sicpa Group, a leading global provider of security inks. She started work as an External Auditor at KPMG before moving to a division of the industrial conglomerate Union Minière as an Internal Audit Manager. Pascale teaches Finance in several business schools in Belgium and France. In 2010, she was appointed Secretary of the Board of ECIIA. Since October 2011, she has been Secretary General of ECIIA.”
Eva de Mooij is the Chief Audit Executive of NN Group since 2024, a large financial services company within the Netherlands with a primary focus on Insurance. She started her career in 2003 at PwC and joined NN Group in 2013 after 10 years in management consulting. Within NN Eva took leadership positions in both the 1st, 2nd and 3rd line of defense. She was Head of Enterprise Risk, Operational Risk and IT risk management, and then moved to a position as business executive in the Dutch Life & Pension organization, followed by her appointment as CAE of NN Group.
She studied Business Administration in the Netherlands and USA, public and environmental affairs in the USA, is a Dutch certified internal auditor, and also has CIA, CFSA, CRMA, CCSA and CISM certifications.
Jeannine is the Global Head of Internal Audit at Allianz SE since May 2020. Before, she held the positions of Group Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy General Counsel. Prior to joining Allianz in 2003, Jeannine was a salary partner in a German-based international law firm. She is a German doctor of law and holds an Executive Master of European and International Business Law degree from the University of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland (M.B.L.-HSG).
