Bangkok--22 Jun--Coface
Thibault Surer, 54, joins credit insurer Coface as Strategy and Business Development Director of the Group. The department he will head up covers Strategy, Business Development, Marketing & Innovation. Thibault becomes also a member of the Group Management and Executive Committees.
This appointment will reinforce Coface's focus on strategy and operational efficiency and comes as a natural step as Coface is defining its strategic roadmap for the coming years. Thibault's international experience and in-depth knowledge of the financial services sector and the insurance industry will stand him in good stead to carry out the key missions: the annual strategic planning process, implementation and monitoring of the strategic plan, and developing Coface's business through partnerships, ventures and innovation.
A graduate of the Paris business school, HEC, the London Business School and the Stockholm School of Economics. Thibault Surer began his career in 1987 at Eurosuez-Euroventures. He then spent 15 years with the consultancy firm McKinsey & Company, where he held international management roles, as a Partner focusing on Financial Institutions and Transportation and Logistics. He was a Partner in the mid-market buy-out fund, Astorg Partners, from 2010 to 2015, where he played a key role in the restructuring of Gras Savoye, the leading French insurance brokerage firm.
Thibault has lived and worked in China, the US, France, the UK and Sweden.