A graduate in business administration, she is coming from DWS and will in future also be a member of the Executive Board of Swiss Life Asset Managers Deutschland GmbH. Verena Pickhardt will take up her new role on 1 July 2023.
Verena Pickhardt is to assume the role of Head of Sales & Marketing at Swiss Life Asset Managers in Germany. A graduate in business administration with over 25 years of practical experience in the insurance industry and finance, she will transfer from DWS, where she most recently worked as Head of Client Development, to take up her new role at Swiss Life Asset Managers in Germany on 1 July 2023.
She will also join the four-member Executive Board of Swiss Life Asset Managers in Germany, alongside the future CEO Holger Matheis (from 1 July 2023), CFO Christian Schmid and Jan Plückhahn, who in addition to his role as Head of Real Estate Germany at Swiss Life Asset Managers (from 1 July 2023) will also remain a member of the Executive Board of BEOS AG.
“This was an easy decision for me after the discussions with everyone involved, as the job profile is a perfect fit and the chemistry within the management team suited me immediately. Now I am very much looking forward to joining, and to everything we will tackle together,” says Verena Pickhardt, the new Head of Sales & Marketing at Swiss Life Asset Managers in Germany.
“We are delighted to welcome Verena Pickhardt as the new Head of Sales & Marketing at Swiss Life Asset Managers in Germany. She is an absolute specialist and a great addition to Swiss Life Asset Managers in Germany. She is a perfect fit for us, both professionally and personally, and we are looking forward to working together,” emphasises Holger Matheis, future CEO of Swiss Life Asset Managers in Germany.
“We are confident that Verena Pickhardt is exactly the right candidate in the current market environment to set the right course in her new role in Germany. She has outstanding market expertise and perfectly complements the management in Germany,” says Mark Fehlmann, Head of Sales & Marketing at Swiss Life Asset Managers. Mark Fehlmann will continue to have overall responsibility for Sales & Marketing in all countries in which Swiss Life Asset Managers is active, while Verena Pickhardt will have specific responsibility for the German market in future.
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