Born 1978, Cypriot national
Chief Executive Officer International (CEO International)
Theo Iaponas studied statistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and then business administration at the University of Washington in Seattle. Following various positions in Seattle and London in the area of health insurance and risk benefits, he joined Swiss Life in 2009, initially working in the reinsurance business as an actuary. In 2012, he took over as Head of Product & Underwriting in the Global Employee Benefits business area. In this role, his responsibilities included product development and the management of teams in Zurich and Luxembourg. In 2015, he was appointed Head of Global Employee Benefits based in Luxembourg, where he was also responsible for Operations and Sales & Market Developments. In 2017, he continued as Chief Executive Officer of Swiss Life Luxembourg, where he oversaw, among other things, the integration of elipsLife into the Swiss Life International division from July 2022.
Since July 2023, Theo Iaponas has been Chief Executive Officer International (CEO International) and Member of the Corporate Executive Board of the Swiss Life Group.