Allianz Africa appoints Frédéric Desprez Head Brokerage/MD Paris Hub

Mr. Frédéric Desprez

Allianz Africa announced today the appointment of Frédéric Desprez as Head of Brokerage and Managing Director of Paris Hub for Allianz Africa, effective July 1, 2020.

Frédéric Desprez has held the position of Managing Director of Allianz Cameroon Life and Non-Life since 2017. Prior to joining Allianz, he managed the activities of the Gras Savoye Willis Group as Managing Director in three countries in Africa, namely Cameroon, Senegal and Ivory Coast.

“In his new role, Frédéric will continue to strengthen our business relationships with international and Pan-African brokers in order to contribute significantly to the achievement of Allianz Africa’s strategic ambitions,” said Coenraad Vrolijk, Regional CEO of Allianz Africa.

Frédéric holds a Master degree from the ‘’Ecole Centrale Paris’’ and a Postgraduate degree in International Law.

He began his career in the Aviation industry as Deputy Head of Commercial Networks at Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters SAS) before joining the insurance brokerage sector where he held the position of Aviation Director at Marsh France.
Frédéric will be based in Paris. He will report to Delphine Traoré, COO of Allianz Africa. Married and father of two children, he has been skydiving for over 20 years and he is a licensed private airplane pilot.

The Allianz Group is one of the world’s largest insurers and fund managers with more than 92 million individual and corporate clients. Allianz customers benefit from a wide range of personal and commercial insurance services, from property and casualty to health, credit insurance and international insurance programmes. As one of the world’s largest investors, the Allianz Group manages an investment portfolio of €708 billion on behalf of its clients, while its fund management subsidiaries Allianz Global Investors and PIMCO manage an additional €1.5 trillion of assets on behalf of third parties.

Thanks to its systematic integration of ecological and societal criteria into our business processes and investment decisions, Allianz holds the leading position among insurers in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In 2018, more than 142,000 employees in more than 80 countries contributed to a turnover of EUR 131 billion and an operating profit of EUR 11.5 billion.
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In Africa, Allianz is present in 13 countries and supports its customers in 39 countries. Its 1,500 employees generated a turnover of more than €588 million in 2018, all entities combined. Allianz is the provider of microinsurance for 500,000 low-income families and individuals in Africa.