Zurich Financial Services Group has appointed Peter Rebrin (47, Brazilian) to the position of CEO for Zurich Latin America, effective October 1, 2009. He has been serving as interim CEO for Zurich Latin America since Jaime Paredes stepped down in May 2009.
Rebrin takes over responsibility for “driving further profitable growth in Zurich’s General and Life insurance businesses in Latin America aimed at strengthening its customer-focused leadership throughout the region’s insurance market,” said the bulletin.
Zurich’s “strategic growth market” in the region is currently concentrated on Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Venezuela.
Rebrin will report to Paul N. Hopkins, CEO Americas, and will remain based in Miami, Florida.
He joined Zurich in 1999 and since then has “held various international and Latin American leadership positions such as Head of Corporate Development with Zurich Brazil, General Manager Latin American Shared Services in Chile and various HR leadership positions. Since 2007 he has been Chief Operating Officer for Zurich Latin America.
“Rebrin holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management in Arizona.”
Source: Zurich Financial – www.zurich.com
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