Joachim Abel

Consultant

Ketsch, Germany

Experience

Jan 2024 - Present
1 year 7 months
Germany

Consultant

  • Project manager new build addiction rehabilitation clinic
  • Advisory board – large projects and reorganization
  • Coaching/mentoring new executive management
Nov 2022 - Dec 2025
2 years 2 months
Germany

Consultant

  • PMO organization (Legal & Compliance, IT divisions, subsidiaries)
  • Process development and implementation
  • Build and position SDM (Service Delivery Management) team in IT
Oct 2022 - Dec 2023
1 year 3 months
Germany

Consultant

  • Development and formulation of strategy, implementation in business units
  • Reorganization – headquarters – central/decentralized units
  • Revision of IT strategy concept
Jan 2021 - Dec 2022
1 year
Germany

Consultant

  • Implementation of a policy administration system (Underwriting, Claims) for a property insurer in three European countries (France, Austria, Netherlands)
  • Structure, product catalog, process setup and process management
  • Process and organization analysis
  • Modification of existing, creation of new processes (systemic and organizational)
Sep 2021 - Apr 2022
8 months
Switzerland

Head of Claims and Care

  • Member of the management team Switzerland/Liechtenstein
  • Lead the division with 7 teams and 65 employees in daily operations
  • Special focus: structure and processes, IT & operations
Oct 2020 - Sep 2022
2 years
Germany

Consultant

  • Realignment in finance/controlling
  • Develop strategy, formulate operational goals
  • Review and develop business areas
  • Consolidate and optimize, digitize financial operations in the association
Apr 2020 - Oct 2020
7 months
Germany

Commercial Managing Director

  • Bridge vacancy until appointment of new financial board member
  • Prepare annual financial statements, revise controlling and reporting
  • Advise the CEO and division heads on financial matters
Nov 2019 - Nov 2021
2 years 1 month
Germany

Consultant

  • Implementation of a policy administration system (Underwriting, Claims) for a property insurer in four European countries (Switzerland, France, Austria, Netherlands)
  • Structure, product catalog, process setup and process management
Jun 2019 - Jun 2019
1 month
Germany

Consultant

  • Structuring customer master data and information for a regional directorate
Apr 2019 - Apr 2019
1 month
Germany

Consultant

  • Due diligence, partly public/partly non-public information
  • Market and company analyses for acquisition of insurance companies/portfolios by foreign investors
Apr 2017 - Oct 2018
1 year 7 months
Germany

Interim Manager

  • Set up Product Portfolio Management of the international division of an insurance/assistance company (Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Scandinavia)
  • Process analysis and development of internal processes, responsibilities
  • Inventory of existing product portfolio
  • Revise and standardize the international product catalog
  • Analysis and design of process interfaces of the new team to sales, pricing, controlling and customer service in an international environment
  • Evaluation and design of strategic Product Portfolio Management
  • Coaching of new department head and staff
Jan 2009 - Dec 2014
4 years
Oberursel, Germany

Board Member Central Functions/Finance

DA Deutsche Allgemeine Versicherung AG

  • Reorganization of the finance department and cross-functional areas
  • Responsible for operational controlling, sales controlling, reinsurance, finance, investments
  • Sales channels: B2C and B2B (fleets)
Jan 2008 - Dec 2014
6 years
Neuhausen, Germany

Commercial Board Member/Managing Director

Real Garant Versicherung AG

  • Adapt and optimize operational functions in the Zurich Group
  • Integrate new markets (Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Switzerland)
  • Sales channel: B2B2C

Responsible for finance/controlling, HR, operations, IT, administration, legal & compliance. Led 80 employees across nine European countries.

Jan 2008 - Dec 2009
2 years
Frankfurt, Germany

Head of Automotive Europe

Zurich Europe General Insurance

  • Project leader "Automotive Europe" – development of a value proposition for OEMs and creation of an offer channel from the insurer's perspective in Europe
  • Establish a new European business unit and matrix organization in Europe
  • Head a European business line, central contact for car manufacturers within Europe for motor insurance
  • Support in developing value propositions in the Turkish and Japanese markets
Jan 2004 - Dec 2009
4 years
Bonn, Germany

Head of CEO Office and Head of GAIA

Zurich Gruppe Deutschland

  • Organization of the Executive Office, interface between CEO and CFO
  • Project leader of the project "Business Model 2007 – Industrialization" in the evaluation and design phase at Group level
Jan 2002 - Dec 2004
3 years
Wiesbaden, Germany

Head of Reporting

DBV Winterthur Lebensversicherung AG

  • Sub-project leader for US GAAP implementation, introduction of internal control system
  • Contributed to building specialist distribution for occupational pensions and new products
Jan 1999 - Dec 2003
3 years
Munich, Germany

CFO

XL Insurance Company Ltd./Winterthur International Deutschland Versicherung AG

  • Responsible for integration of finance and accounting (M&A Credit Suisse/Winterthur Switzerland to XL Insurance Bermuda)
  • Building the new company as part of a three-member management team

Responsible for finance/accounting, controlling, administration, customer service, reinsurance

Jan 1994 - Dec 1999
5 years
Frankfurt, Germany

Controller

PriceWaterhouseCoopers

  • Build controlling for the Tax and Legal Services division
  • Develop and implement a management information system
Jan 1993 - Dec 1995
2 years
Andreapol, Russian Federation

Construction Business Administrator

STRABAG

  • Responsible for commercial matters on site
  • Establish site accounting and on-site cash management

Summary

Personally

  • Married, one child

Professionally

  • Consultant, Interim Manager (CxO), projects (14 years)
  • Board Member/Managing Director (7 years)
  • Division/Department Head (8 years)
  • Controller (4 years)

Responsible functional areas

  • Finance/Controlling
  • Customer Service
  • Operations and IT
  • Administration
  • Key Account Management
  • Claims and Benefits
  • Legal and Compliance
  • Human Resources
  • Product Management

Focus areas

  • Organization, structures, processes
  • Strategy – formulation, alignment of business units, reorganization
  • Large projects (complex, complicated), management and advisory
  • Coaching/mentoring of executive management, departments, teams and staff
  • Integration of divisions, functions, companies / de-integration
  • Business analysis – systems, adaptation, development, implementation (insurance)
  • International projects
  • Interim – short-term, spontaneous
  • Acute issues and crisis situations

International/cultural awareness

  • On-site locations: Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, UK, Russia
  • Regular business travel/relations: Belgium, Austria (with Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia), Switzerland, Italy, Netherlands, UK, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Russia, France
  • Project-related travel/relations: USA, China, Australia, Baltic states, Scandinavia, Turkey

Sales channels

  • B2C, B2B, B2B2C, B2B2E
  • Online, sales organization, key account management
  • Private clients, small and medium enterprises, industrial clients

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Intermediate
Russian
Elementary

Education

CA Controller Akademie, Wörthsee

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Diploma in Economics · Economics · Germany