Allianz Trade announces CEO leadership change

Aylin Somersan Coqui (46) holds a bachelor’s degree from Davidson College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She began her career as a financial analyst at Morgan Stanley in 1998, and then joined the Allianz Group in 2002. She served in various positions with Allianz Global Investors and PIMCO before holding multiple international leadership roles within the Group: Chief Financial Officer (2013-2015) and Chief Executive Officer (2016-2018) at Allianz Turkey, Chief Human Resources Officer at Allianz SE (2019) and Board Member and Labor Director at Allianz Deutschland AG (2019-2020). Since 2020, Aylin has been Group Risk Chief Officer at Allianz SE.

She will become CEO and Chairperson of the Board of Management of Allianz Trade, and her appointment is subject to the standard regulatory approval requirements.

“We’d like to thank Clarisse for the excellent work she did for Allianz Trade and to wish her well in this new chapter of her career. We wish Aylin all the best in her new role, and are convinced that given her extensive background in both asset management and insurance as well as her technical expertise in risk, she is in an excellent position to oversee the continued momentum of Allianz Trade,” says Chris Townsend, Member of the Board of Management of Allianz SE.

We predict trade and credit risk today, so companies can have confidence in tomorrow

Allianz Trade is the global leader in trade credit insurance and a recognized specialist in the areas of surety, collections, structured trade credit and political risk. Our proprietary intelligence network analyses daily changes in corporate solvency representing 92% of global GDP. We give companies the confidence to trade, and be paid. We compensate your company in the event of a bad debt, but more importantly, we help you avoid bad debt in the first place. Whenever we provide trade credit insurance or other finance solutions, our priority is predictive protection. But, when the unexpected arrives, our AA credit rating means we have the resources, backed by Allianz to provide compensation to maintain your business. Headquartered in Paris, Allianz Trade is present in 52 countries with 6,050 employees. In 2017, our consolidated turnover was € 2.6 billion and insured global business transactions represented € 894 billion in exposure. Allianz Trade is the trademark used to designate a range of services provided by Euler Hermes.

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