Allianz Trade has announced that Aylin Somersan Coqui, currently Group Chief Risk Officer of Allianz SE, will become CEO and Chairperson of the Board of Management of Allianz Trade following the departure of Clarisse Kopff, who has decided to pursue a new leadership role outside of Allianz.
Coqui joined the Allianz Group in 2002 and has served in various positions with Allianz Global Investors and PIMCO before holding multiple international leadership roles within the Group.
She served as Chief Financial Officer from 2013-2015 and then as Chief Executive Officer at Allianz Turkey from 2016-2018.
Coqui was then appointed Chief Human Resources Officer at Allianz SE in 2019 and Board Member and Labor Director at Allianz Deutschland AG from 2019 to 2020. Since 2020, she has been Group Risk Chief Officer at Allianz SE.
She also holds a bachelor’s degree from Davidson College and an MBA from Harvard Business School and began her career as a financial analyst at Morgan Stanley in 1998.
Chris Townsend, Member of the Board of Management of Allianz SE, commented, “We wish Aylin all the best in her new role, and are convinced that given her extensive background in both asset management and insurance as well as her technical expertise in risk, she is in an excellent position to oversee the continued momentum of Allianz Trade.”
He added, “We’d like to thank Clarisse for the excellent work she did for Allianz Trade and to wish her well in this new chapter of her career.”
Coqui’s appointment is subject to the standard regulatory approval requirements.
