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Issue: March 2026
Cologne, Germany, 31 March 2026 – Gen Re has announced that Nancy Roos has been appointed to the Executive Board of General Reinsurance AG, effective 1 April 2026, following the retirement of Mike O’Dea. General Reinsurance AG is Gen Re’s German legal entity and the main risk carrier for its international business.
Nancy Roos has been General Reinsurance AG’s Chief Financial Officer since 2019; and she will continue to serve in that role. Ms. Roos has more than two decades of experience at Gen Re, having joined the company in 2001 as part of the General Accounting team. Over the course of her career, she has held several senior finance and leadership roles, contributing significantly to the company’s financial governance and strategic development.
Ms. Roos played a pivotal role – first as International Financial Controller and later as General Reinsurance AG’s Chief Financial Officer – in major corporate technology transformation programs that strengthened the organization’s financial systems and reporting capabilities.
Commenting on the appointment, Charlie Shamieh, Gen Re’s Chairman and Chair of the General Reinsurance AG’s Executive Board, said: “Since assuming the role of CFO of General Reinsurance AG, Nancy has led the international finance function through an increasingly complex reporting and regulatory environment. I am confident that her deep institutional knowledge, strategic insight, and proven leadership will ideally complement the Executive Board.”
Mr. Shamieh added: “On the occasion of his retirement, I’d also like to extend my deep appreciation to Mike O’Dea for his remarkable contributions over the course of his career, as our global Gen Re Group CFO and longstanding member of the General Reinsurance AG’s Executive Board. He has demonstrated exceptional leadership in spearheading large‑scale global initiatives, guiding the company through the implementation of major changes in accounting standards and systems that have strengthened Gen Re’s operational foundation. The company is profoundly grateful for his dedication and service and wishes him the very best in his retirement.”
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Gen Re delivers reinsurance solutions to the Life/Health and Property/Casualty insurance industries. We work closely with our clients to understand their strategic and operational goals, offering a wide range of products, tools and resources that aim to promote our clients’ ongoing growth and success.
Gen Re is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and has earned superior financial strength ratings from each of the major rating agencies. We take our commitments very seriously. With $20 billion in capital and $14,8 billion in net premiums written, we only make promises we can keep.
