Dr. Peter Geipel is a German professional with more than 20 years of experience as board member and CEO/General Manager in international companies (financial sector) in the German, Italian and Spanish market. He has xperience in reorganisation and M&A and is involved in start-up companies as investor and manager. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Business Administration from Munich University, Germany and has 3 years working experience as Assistant Professor at Munich University. He started his career in Germany in the financial sector and then as chief controller of a World Bank project (joint venture with the German Company Herlitz) in Russia in the paper industry. At the same time, he performed the duties of CFO of the German company. From 1999, he has been the General Manager in the Italian subsidiary of the important German Insurance Group – Gerling. Since 2003 he has held multiple roles at Munich RE Group such as CEO and Supervisory Board Member in Italy and CEE (companies partly quoted in the stock market). In 2008 on, and for the next 8 years he was the CEO in the Italian subsidiary of one of the leading US financial companies – Prudential Financial. From 2016 until 2020 he was an Independent Board Member and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Allianz Spain (Insurance/financial, 3rd market position). From 2020 until today he is an Independent Board Member and Chairman of the Audit Committee at BBVA Allianz Spain, one of the most important Insurance/Bank joint ventures of the country. Dr. Geipel speaks German, Italian, English, Spanish and French.