Born 1971, Swiss national
Group Chief Executive Officer (Group CEO)
Matthias Aellig studied physics at the University of Bern. After receiving his doctorate in the field of solar wind and completing a research visit at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, he joined McKinsey & Company in Zurich as an advisor in 2000, mainly charged with projects in the banking and insurance area. At the end of 2003, Matthias Aellig joined what was then the Winterthur Group (now AXA), initially as Head of Value Management and then, as of 2004, as Chief Actuary Life, running the Winterthur Group’s actuarial office. In 2007, he was named Chief Actuary Life at Zurich Switzerland, in which role he was notably responsible for managing reserves, the group life operating account and marketconsistent valuation. In 2010, Matthias Aellig became Chief Risk Officer of the Swiss Life Group. In this function he was responsible for the Groupwide enterprise risk management framework, which includes, in addition to quantitative and qualitative risk management, the Group’s actuarial office and product and margin management.
In March 2019, Matthias Aellig became Group Chief Financial Officer (Group CFO) and a Member of the Corporate Executive Board of the Swiss Life Group. Since 16 May 2024, he has been Group Chief Executive Officer (Group CEO) of the Swiss Life Group.
Other appointments
- Zurich Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Committee
- Avenir Suisse, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Zürcher Volkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft (Zurich Economic Society), Member of the Committee