Pia Tischhauser Member of the Board of Directors (non-executive)

Pia Tischhauser was elected to the Board of Directors of Swiss Re Ltd in 2023. She is a member of the Risk Committee. She is also Chairwoman of the Boards of Directors of Swiss Re Europe S.A. and Swiss Re International SE.

Professional experience

Pia Tischhauser held several global leadership roles at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) from 1998 to 2025. From 2016 to 2021, she was a member of the firm’s global Executive Committee, and she served as global leader of BCG's insurance practice from 2015 to 2021. Until June 2025, she was Managing Director and Senior Partner advising clients across Europe, the United States and Asia out of BCG’s Zurich, Chicago and London offices. She also served as Global Chief Alumni Officer and was a member of the global Liquid Asset Investment Committee. Over the years, Pia Tischhauser chaired key governance bodies including the officer promotion committee and the partner remuneration and evaluation committees. In 2013, she was appointed to BCG’s European management team as People Chair. From 2007 to 2015, she led the global commercial insurance and reinsurance business, having been responsible for the development and buildout of BCG’s insurance practice across Switzerland and the United Kingdom prior to that. Before joining BCG, Pia Tischhauser worked as a programme assistant for the Rochester-Bern Executive MBA Program and in the Finance department of the University of Berne.

Educational background

• Graduate Master in Business Administration scholar, Kellogg School of Management, USA
• Master’s degree in Economics, University of Berne, Switzerland

External mandates

• Board member of Sygnum Bank Ltd
• Advisory Board member to the CAS Board of Directors certification programme of the universities of Rochester
• Fellow of the Institute of Management and Strategy at the University of St. Gallen
• Member of the Board of Trustees of Zurich Zoo