Zurich Financial appoints Asia CFO
Zurich Financial Services Group has named Pascal Perritaz as the new CFO of its Asia-Pacific and Middle East (APME) region.
Perritaz succeeds the incumbent CFO, Iain Howie, who leaves the post to become CFO of Zurich Austrialia, on 1 April 2010. He will work in Zurich, Switzerland, and be directly responsible to Chairman of Global Corporate and Chief Executive Officer of APME Geoff Riddell.
Perritaz has been with the firm for the last 14 years, holding a number of senior posts within the business in Europe. Since 2008 he has worked as global operations manager at Zurich’s Corporate Centre.
He holds a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, is a Certified EFFAS Financial Analyst and graduated in 2009 from the Program for Leadership Development at Harvard Business School.
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