Philipp Gmür

Philipp Gmür (*April 16, 1963 in Lucerne) is a Swiss lawyer and insurance manager. Since September 1, 2016 he is the CEO of the Helvetia Insurance Group.[1]

Education

Gmür holds an MA from the Duke University School of Law in Durham, North Carolina and a doctorate in law from the University of Freiburg and is also a registered lawyer. In 2008 Gmür completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts.[2]

Career

Gmür initially held various roles before hestarted to work for Helvetia Insurances Switzerland in 1993.[1] After assuming responsibility for the Lucerne general agency in 1995, a variety of management positions at Helvetia Insurances Switzerland in Basel followed. For instance, from 2000 to 2002, he oversaw Sales Management as member of the Management Board and from 2003 until 2016 he served as CEO of Helvetia Insurances Switzerland and was on the board of directors of the Helvetia Group. In September 2016 Gmür became CEO of the Helvetia Holding AG.[3][4] He was responsible for the business strategy Helvetia 20.20. which was introduced in 2016.[5]

During his time with Helvetia Insurances Switzerland Gmür initiated various acquisitions of Swiss insurance companies such as the acquisition of Alba Allgemeine Versicherungs-Gesellschaft AG, of Phenix Versicherungsgesellschaft AG and of Phenix Lebensversicherungsgesellschaft AG in 2010.[6] He also successfully initiated the acquisition of Nationale Suisse in 2014.[7] In 2016 Helvetia acquired under this management a majority stake in the online mortgage broker MoneyPark.[8]

For his communication within the takeover of the Nationale Suisse Insurance and for his leadership and influence on those involved Gmür received the 2016 Communicator of the year Award from the Swiss Association for Internal and Integrated Communication (Schweizerischer Verband für interne und integrierte Kommunikation, SVIK).[9]

Other affiliations

Gmür is member of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Insurance Association (SIA).[10] He is the President of the Development Fund of the Promotion Society of the Institute for Insurance Economics at University of St. Gallen.[11] and member of the Steering Committee of digitalswitzerland[12]. He is also Deputy President of Kursaal-Casino AG in Lucerne and member of the Board of Directors of Grand Casino Luzern AG.[13]

Associations

As an active member of the Zunft zu Safran guild, in 2008 Philipp Gmür held the position of guild master and Fritschivater during the traditional Fritschiraub. For people living in the city of Lucerne, the Fritschivater is considered to be highest ranking Lucerner during carnival.[14]

Family

Philipp Gmür is married to the politician Andrea Gmür-Schönenberger. They have four children.[15] One of his brothers is Felix Gmür, Bishop of Basel.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Helvetia-CEO: "Lebensversicherung als grösster Treiber"". Finanz und Wirschaft. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Lebenslauf Philipp Gmür" (PDF). Helvetia. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Philipp Gmür wird neuer Helvetia-Chef". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  4. 1 2 Daniel Zulauf (30 June 2016). "Ein Luzerner wird Helvetia-Chef". Luzerner Zeitung. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "Helvetia mit solider Geschäftsentwicklung". Finanz und Wirtschaft. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Helvetia kauft Alba und Phenix | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 2010-09-22. ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  7. ↑ "Über 150 Jahre Kompetenz und Erfahrung". Helvetia. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "Helvetia übernimmt Moneypark". finews.ch (in German). 2016-12-16. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  9. ↑ "SVIK-Rating 2016: Beste Interne Kommunikation – 19 Federn verliehen" (PDF). Schweizerischer Verband für interne und integrierte Kommunikation. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  10. ↑ "Der Vorstand des SVV". SVV (in German). Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  11. ↑ "I.VW | Fördergesellschaft". www.ivw.unisg.ch. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  12. ↑ "Board | digitalswitzerland". digitalswitzerland. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  13. ↑ "Philipp Gmuer, Chief Executive Officer, Helvetia Holding AG". Bloomberg. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  14. ↑ "Der Fritschiraub nach 500 Jahren wiederholt | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 2008-01-27. ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  15. ↑ "Andrea Gmür". Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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