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Martin Senn (* March 22, 1954 in Binningen, Switzerland; † May 27, 2016 in Klosters) was a Swiss insurance manager. He was the CEO of the Zurich Insurance Group from 2010 until December 2015.

Life

He was born and raised in Binningen, in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. He completed a business apprenticeship with the Swiss Bank Corporation in Basel. During his time in the Swiss armed forces, which he left as Oberleutnant, he dreamed of becoming a Aircraft pilot but the dream remained unfulfilled.

His subsequent career led the assets specialist via the Swiss Bank Corporation to Credit Suisse. He was only 26 years old when he took over the Hong Kong branch store of the Swiss Bank Corporation in 1983.^[1] When he joined Credit Suisse in 1994 he served as treasurer for Europe and chairman in Japan. In 2001 he joined the Credit Suisse board of directors and was appointed manager of the Trading- and Investment Services.^[2]

After his transition into the insurance industry he worked for the companies Swiss Life and Zurich Insurance Group. At Swiss Life Senn was appointed Chief Investment Officer (CIO) in 2003 and joined the board of directors. In April 2006 after his transition to Zurich he headed up the investments unit as Chief Investment Officer (CIO)^[2] and in 2009 he replaced James J. Schiro as CEO of the Zurich Insurance Group. In December 2015 after a year of great financial loss for Zurich Senn resigned.^[3]

On 27 May 2016, Senn committed suicide.^[4] He was married to the Korean violinist Guen Soo-Senn and had a daughter and a son.^[5]

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.handelszeitung.ch/unternehmen/martin-senn-vom-faxer-zum-zurich-ceo-754913 |title=Martin Senn: Vom Faxer zum Zurich-CEO |author=Christian Bütikofer |date=17 March 2015 |publisher=Handelszeitung |access-date=14 September 2017}}
2. ^¹{{cite web |url=http://www.handelszeitung.ch/management/martin-senn-48-bild |title=Martin Senn |date=23 October 2007 |publisher=Handelszeitung |access-date=14 September 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-01/zurich-says-ceo-senn-steps-down-de-swaan-takes-role-temporarily |title=Zurich Insurance CEO Senn Steps Down After Recent `Setbacks'|author=Jan-Henrik Foerster and Vogeli Voegeli |date=1 December 2015 |publisher=Bloomeberg|access-date=14 September 2017}}
4. ^{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zurich-ins-group-senn/ex-zurich-insurance-ceo-senn-commits-suicide-company-idUSKCN0YL0N2 |title=Former Zurich Insurance boss Martin Senn kills himself |date=30 May 2016 |work=Reuters |access-date=2017-09-17}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/my/finanzen/banken-versicherungen/martin-senn-ex-zurich-chef-nimmt-sich-das-leben/13660190.html?ticket=ST-544825-fVIgmvQxCdMZEQVmfDuv-ap1 |title=Ex-Zurich-Chef nimmt sich das Leben |author=Ozan Demircan |date=30 May 2016 |publisher=Handelsblatt |access-date=14 September 2017}}