Colm Holmes was appointed CEO of Allianz Holdings on 1 December 2021. Prior to this he was global CEO for the General Business Insurance of Aviva, President and CEO of Aviva Canada and CEO of Aviva UK General Insurance. Colm joined Aviva has CFO (Chief Financial Officer) for the UK General Insurance Business in 2013.
Prior to joining Aviva, Colm spent 13 years with Zurich Insurance in the UK, New York and Switzerland, and nine years with JP Morgan.
Colm says: “At Allianz our purpose that ‘we secure your future’ drives everything we do. It’s important for us to get involved with Business in the Community and other initiatives that align with that purpose because that enables us to celebrate and embrace the communities within our organisation, and to support those that our people care about. This makes Allianz more than just a job and instead it instils a way of working and a culture where our people can genuinely make a difference and deliver great outcomes for our customers, our people and society.”