Vice President of the Board of Directors

Markus Hummel was appointed to the Board of Directors of NewRe in April 2022.

He is the Chief Risk Officer of Munich Re and responsible for all risk management topics across the Group.

He started his career in Risk at BayernLB, one of Germany's largest financial institutions, before joining Munich Re as Senior Risk Manager in 2004. He has since held many senior management positions within the Integrated Risk Management unit of the Company, including Risk Identification & Control and Risk Analytics & Actuarial Function.

Markus Hummel represents risk management topics on several Board Committees such as the Group Risk Committee and the Global Underwriting & Risk Committee of Munich Re’s Reinsurance Group.

Markus Hummel holds a doctorate in Physics from the University of Munich and a degree in Economics from the University of Hagen.