Oliver Bäte

Oliver Bäte (born 1 March 1965)[1] is a German business executive who has been the CEO of Allianz since October 2014.

In 2003, he became director in charge of the firm’s European insurance and asset management sector.

[3] Bäte joined Allianz’s board in 2008, as chief operating officer (COO) and chief financial officer (CFO) before taking responsibility for insurance operations in Western and Southern Europe (France, Benelux, Italy, Greece, Turkey) in 2013.

[4] As part of a 2015 executive reshuffle to cut the size of the Allianz management board to nine members, he also took over responsibility for human resources.

[5] In his role at Allianz, Bäte was also part of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s delegation during her 2018 state visit to China.