Munich Re Chairman Wenning to Retire at Year-End, Succeeded by Jurecka

Munich Re has named Dr. Christoph Jurecka (50) as chairman with effect from Jan. 1, 2026, succeeding Dr. Joachim Wenning (60), who has decided to retire at the end of the year.

Jurecka has been with the group since 2011, initially as a member of the Board of Management of ERGO Group AG. In 2019, he joined Munich Re’s Board of Management as chief financial officer.

Succeeding Jurecka as CFO is Andrew Buchanan (47) who has been appointed to the Board of Management, effective Jan. 1. Originally from South Africa, Buchanan joined Munich Re in 2011 and has been CFO of the company’s reinsurance field of business since 2017.

In a separate appointment, Robin Johnson (57) has been named to the Board of Management, with effect from Aug. 1, 2025. He will assume the new role of Munich Re’s chief technology officer (CTO). Originally from the United Kingdom, Johnson has been with the group since 2017 as chief information officer for the reinsurance field of business. In 2023, he assumed an additional role as CTO on the Board of Management of ERGO Group AG. Johnson is also chair of the Board of Management of ERGO Technology & Services Management AG.

Munich Re said that Wenning announced that for personal reasons “he does not wish to continue in his role on the Board of Management beyond Dec. 31, 2025. He instead has decided to retire upon completion of the Ambition 2025 strategy program.” (With its group Ambition 2025, Munich Re has specified a series of financial targets for the next five years.)

“The Supervisory Board expresses its gratitude to Joachim Wenning both for his outstanding performance over the decades he has worked at Munich Re and for his eight-year tenure at the helm,” according to Dr. Nikolaus von Bomhard, chair of the Supervisory Board, in a statement.

“Dr. Wenning will be succeeded by Christoph Jurecka who has extensive experience in all primary insurance and reinsurance activities of the group in addition to his recognised expertise in finance. The changes to the Board of Management set the course for Munich Re’s sustained success,” von Bomhard continued.