Allianz Group Appoints Delphine Traoré CEO Of Allianz Africa
Delphine Traoré
There is a leadership changes in Allianz Africa as Allianz Group named Delphine Traoré the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Allianz Africa even as she retains her current responsibilities as Chief Operations Officer (COO).
According to the statement by Allianz Group made available to this medium yesterday, Delphine Traoré, Member of the Board of Management of Allianz Africa and Regional Chief Operations Officer (COO), will succeed Coenraad Vrolijk and assume the role of Allianz Africa Regional Chief Executive Officer (CEO), in addition to her current responsibilities.
Coenraad, the erstwhile CEO of Allianz Africa, the statement stated, “will leave Allianz Africa to pursue new opportunities outside of the Allianz group.
“These changes will become effective November 1st, 2021, the statement added.
Delphine joined Allianz Group in 2005 with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) Canada. She held the positions of a Liability Underwriter and Head of Market Management before she became CEO of AGCS Africa in 2012. Delphine joined Allianz Africa as COO in 2017 and remained a non-executive member of the Board of Management of AGCS Africa.
In 2015, Coenraad joined as a Senior Advisor to the Board of Management of Allianz SE and became Allianz Africa Regional CEO in 2017. During his tenure, he oversaw the expansion of Allianz footprint in Morocco, Nigeria and recently East Africa, in addition to successfully building a strong regional framework.
Chris Townsend, Board Member of Allianz SE says: “We thank Coenraad for his contribution and dedication during his time with Allianz and wish him all the best in his future endeavors. We look forward to working with Delphine in this capacity and wish her every success in her new responsibilities.”
In Africa, Allianz is currently present in 12 countries and accompanies clients in 49 markets. Its 1,167 employees achieved regional revenues of 371 million euros in 2020. Allianz also provides micro-insurance for 1.7 million low-income families and individuals in Africa.
The Allianz Group is one of the world’s leading insurers and asset managers with more than 100 million[1] private and corporate customers in more than 70 countries. Allianz customers benefit from a broad range of personal and corporate insurance services, ranging from property, life and health insurance to assistance services to credit insurance and global business insurance. Allianz is one of the world’s largest investors, managing around 793 billion euros on behalf of its insurance customers.
Furthermore, our asset managers PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors manage more than 1.8 trillion euros of third-party assets. Thanks to our systematic integration of ecological and social criteria in our business processes and investment decisions, we are amongst the leaders in the insurance industry in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In 2020, over 150,000 employees achieved total revenues of 140 billion euros and an operating profit of 10.8 billion euros for the group.
