Team

President

Andreas Brandstetter

President

Tel: +32 2 894 30 12

English, German

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Andreas Brandstetter, chairman & CEO of the UNIQA Insurance Group, Austria, was elected president of Insurance Europe in May 2018. Andreas holds a master’s degree (1992) and a PhD (1994) in political science from the University of Vienna, Austria including a one-year scholarship at the University of California, San Diego, USA. In 1993, he joined the cabinet of the then vice chancellor of the Republic of Austria, before becoming managing director of the Austrian People’s Party.

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Vice-president

Alexander Sarrigeorgiou

Vice-president

Tel: +32 2 894 30 12

English, Greek

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Alexander Sarrigeorgiou is chairman of the Hellenic Association of Insurance Companies and chairman and CEO of the Eurolife FFH Insurance Group. He previously held senior executive positions in the insurance and asset management industries in Greece and the USA.

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His many board positions include membership of the board of the Hellenic Institute for Insurance Studies and the executive board for EMEA of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA, as well as chairmanship of the Hellenic Advisory Board of South East European Studies (SEESOX) at the University of Oxford, UK.

Sarrigeorgiou holds an MBA in finance from the Wharton School and an MSc and a BSc in civil engineering from Columbia University, USA.

Director general

Michaela Koller

Director general

Tel: +32 2 894 30 12

English, French, German

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Michaela Koller is director general of Insurance Europe, the European insurance and reinsurance federation. She is currently also secretary general of the Global Federation of Insurance Associations (GFIA). Michaela has worked in Brussels for the last 32 years. Prior to joining Insurance Europe in February 2007, she held management positions in different banking trade bodies. Michaela has served as a member of various consumer/industry groups and advisory groups established by the European Commission.

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Sari Paasonen

Executive secretary

Tel: +32 2 894 30 12

Dutch, English, Finnish, French

David French

Spokesperson

Tel: +32 2 894 30 69

English

Management team

Michaela Koller

Director general

Tel: +32 2 894 30 12

English, French, German

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Michaela Koller is director general of Insurance Europe, the European insurance and reinsurance federation. She is currently also secretary general of the Global Federation of Insurance Associations (GFIA). Michaela has worked in Brussels for the last 32 years. Prior to joining Insurance Europe in February 2007, she held management positions in different banking trade bodies. Michaela has served as a member of various consumer/industry groups and advisory groups established by the European Commission.

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Olav Jones

Deputy director general/Director, economics & finance

Tel: +32 2 894 30 13

English

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Nicolas Jeanmart

Head of personal & general insurance

Tel: +32 2 894 30 40

Dutch, English, French, Spanish

William Vidonja

Head of conduct of business

Tel: +32 2 894 30 55

English, French

Koen Ameye

Head of HR & support services

Tel: +32 2 894 30 75

Dutch, English, French

Economics & finance

Olav Jones

Deputy director general/Director, economics & finance

Tel: +32 2 894 30 13

English

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Olav Jones is the Deputy Director General & Director Economics and Finance at Insurance Europe, the federation which represents the European insurance industry. He is based in Brussels and responsible for all issues relating to Prudential Regulation, Financial Reporting, Investments and International Affairs. He is also a member of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)’s Occupational Pensions Stakeholder Group (OPSG). After studying Engineering and then Finance, he started his career as a consultant to the financial services industry with Oliver, Wyman and Company.

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Angus Scorgie

Head of prudential regulation & international affairs/reinsurance

Tel: +32 2 896 48 36

English

Philippe Angelis

Manager, corporate reporting & sustainable finance

Tel: +32 2 896 48 39

English, French

Danny Dehaes

Executive secretary

Tel: +32 2 894 30 37

Dutch, English, French

Carolien Afslag

Senior policy advisor, prudential regulation

Tel: +32 2 894 30 16

Dutch, English, French

Kristina Aleksandrova

Senior policy advisor, public affairs

Tel: +32 2 894 30 66

Bulgarian, English

Marcos Bueno Blanco

Policy advisor, prudential regulation

Tel: +32 2 894 30 21

English, Spanish, Portuguese

William Eddershaw

Policy advisor, economics & finance

Tel: +32 2 894 30 20

English

Maryvonne Maetz

Policy advisor, international affairs & reinsurance

Tel: +32 2 894 30 59

English, French

Luca Motta

Policy advisor, investments & sustainable finance

Tel: +32 2 894 30 15

English, Italian

Marianne Willaert

Policy advisor, international affairs

Tel: +32 2 894 30 58

English, French

Personal & general insurance

Nicolas Jeanmart

Head of personal & general insurance

Tel: +32 2 894 30 40

Dutch, English, French, Spanish

As head of Insurance Europe’s personal and general insurance department, Nicolas Jeanmart contributes to the global and European debates affecting the non-life and life insurance sectors. He is also involved in the discussions on financial stability, with a particular focus on the question of systemic risk in insurance. Prior to joining Insurance Europe in November 2010, Nicolas worked for the European Savings Banks Group (ESBG), where he held various positions, culminating in four years as head of the banking supervision and economic affairs department.

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Alana Fitzpatrick

Policy advisor, general insurance

Tel: +32 2 894 30 43

English, French

Fabrizio Franco

Policy advisor, personal insurance & taxation

Tel: +32 2 894 30 14

English, Italian

Oleksandra Hrendey

Senior policy advisor, general insurance

Tel: +32 2 894 30 41

English, Greek

Claire Musch

Policy advisor, general insurance

Tel: +32 2 894 30 36

English, French

Fabienne Zwagemakers

Senior policy advisor, public affairs

Tel: +32 2 896 48 30‬

Dutch, English

Conduct of business

William Vidonja

Head of conduct of business

Tel: +32 2 894 30 55

English, French

As head of the conduct of business department, William Vidonja contributes to the global and European debates on legal and consumer protection issues, including insurance distribution, data protection, differentiation, contract law, competition issues and financial education. William is also part of the employers’ delegation of the Insurance Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee (ISSDC), the only forum at European level in which insurance employer and employee representatives discuss topics of common interest with the support of the European Commission. He joined Insurance Europe as a trainee in 2002. After his traineeship he was hired as deputy manager of the insurance of the person department before moving to the conduct of business department. William is a French national and holds a law degree from the University of Paris XII.

Francesca Bertolo

Senior policy advisor

Tel: +32 2 894 30 19

English, Italian

Danilo Gattullo

Senior policy advisor

Tel: +32 2 896 48 24

English, Italian

Arthur Hilliard

Senior policy advisor

Tel: +32 2 894 30 56

English, German, Irish

Titouan Langlois

Policy advisor

Tel: +32 2 894 30 61

English, French

Diane Lebreton

Policy advisor

Tel: +32 2 894 30 67

English, French

Maraya Mihaylova

Policy advisor

Tel: +32 2 894 30 64

English, Bulgarian

Christos Louvaris

Policy advisor, public affairs

Tel: +32 2 894 30 42

English, French, Greek

Public affairs & communications

Michaela Koller

Director general

Tel: +32 2 894 30 12

English, French, German

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Michaela Koller is director general of Insurance Europe, the European insurance and reinsurance federation. She is currently also secretary general of the Global Federation of Insurance Associations (GFIA). Michaela has worked in Brussels for the last 32 years. Prior to joining Insurance Europe in February 2007, she held management positions in different banking trade bodies. Michaela has served as a member of various consumer/industry groups and advisory groups established by the European Commission.

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Nicola Abbott Remoy

Senior editor

Tel: +32 2 894 30 65

English, French, Italian

Annemarie Bos-de Roos

Senior policy advisor, communications & PR

Tel: +32 2 894 30 71

Dutch, English

Amélie Chantrenne

Event coordinator (on temporary leave)

Tel: +32 2 894 30 74

Dutch, English, French

Celia Delgado

Policy advisor, communication & PR

Tel: +32 2 894 30 63

English, Spanish

David French

Spokesperson

Tel: +32 2 894 30 69

English

Laetitia Molina

Policy advisor, communications & PR

Tel: +32 2 894 30 38

English, French

Kristina Aleksandrova

Senior policy advisor, public affairs

Tel: +32 2 894 30 66

Bulgarian, English

Christos Louvaris

Policy advisor, public affairs

Tel: +32 2 894 30 42

English, French, Greek

Fabienne Zwagemakers

Senior policy advisor, public affairs

Tel: +32 2 896 48 30‬

Dutch, English

Human resources & support services

Koen Ameye

Head of HR & support services

Tel: +32 2 894 30 75

Dutch, English, French

Koen Ameye is the head of support services, managing human resources, finance and IT since he joined Insurance Europe in 2007. Prior to joining Insurance Europe, Koen worked for several years as a human resources manager for a large Belgian healthcare organisation and for the human capital management team at Deloitte & Touche. Koen holds a master’s degree in industrial and organisational psychology from the University of Ghent, a postgraduate qualification in business management from the University of Brussels and a degree from the University of Brussels in social security law.

Corentin Pollet

ICT & logistics officer

Tel: +32 2 894 30 78

English, French

Véronique Van Dongen

System administrator

Tel: + 32 2 894 30 77

English, French

Sophie Vankerckhoven

Accounting & HR administrator

Tel: +32 2 894 30 76

English, French

Secretariat

Danny Dehaes

Executive secretary

Tel: +32 2 894 30 37

Dutch, English, French

Valérie Rein

Secretary

Tel: +32 2 894 30 39

English, French

Ana Solomiak

Secretary

Tel: +32 2 894 30 54

English, French, Lithuanian, Russian

Secondees

Yuji Nitta

National expert

Tel: +32 2 894 30 35

English, Japanese