Agostino Galvagni
Member of the Executive Committee and Chief Operating Officer
Agostino Galvagni was appointed Chief Operating Officer and member of the Executive Committee with effect from May 2009.
Mr Galvagni is an Italian citizen born in 1960. He graduated in business management from the Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi in Milan and then joined Bavarian Re, Munich (a former Swiss Re subsidiary), as a trainee.
After undertaking various activities in the fields of underwriting and marketing as well as project work, he joined Swiss Re New Markets, New York in 1998, structuring and marketing insurance-linked and asset-backed securities. He returned to Bavarian Re in 1999 as Member of the Board of Management. In 2001, Mr Galvagni joined Swiss Re, Zurich, as Head of the Globals Business Unit and member of the Europe Division Executive Team. He was appointed to the Executive Board with effect from September 2005 to head the newly formed Globals & Large Risks Division within the Client Markets Business Function.
May 2009
