Pierre L. Ozendo
Member of the Executive Board
Chairman & CEO, Swiss Re America Corporation
Head of Americas Division
Pierre L. Ozendo is a member of Swiss Re Group's Executive Board and Chairman & CEO of Swiss Re America Corporation. Based in Armonk, NY, he leads the company's reinsurance operations in the Americas region.
Swiss Re’s Client Markets Americas division includes expertise in traditional life & health and property & casualty reinsurance, Global & National, Regional & Specialty, Marine, Facultative and Broker business, and spans from Canada to Latin America.
Mr. Ozendo joined Swiss Re Group in 1995, taking an assignment as CEO of the subsidiary Union Re. In 1998, following Union Re's integration into Swiss Re, he was named Head of Asia and occupied that position until 2006 when he assumed his current role.
Mr. Ozendo has more than 30 years of international experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry.
Prior to Swiss Re, Mr. Ozendo worked for General Reinsurance Corporation for 20 years in several leadership roles. He began his career in insurance at the New York Life Insurance Company.
Mr. Ozendo, a US and French citizen, graduated from the University of San Francisco in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.
July 2008
