Burkhard KEESE has been confirmed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Lloyd's following the unanimous approval of his appointment as successor to John PARRY by the Council of Lloyd's.

Burkhard KEESE will take up his position at Lloyd's on 1 April 2019, following 14 years at ALLIANZ Group. Since 2012 he has been the Chief Financial Officer of ALLIANZ Deutschland AG, Germany's largest insurer with over EUR 34 billion in premiums. 

Prior to this Burkhard Keese was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the global finance function of ALLIANZ.

During his time as CFO of ALLIANZ Deutschland AG, Burkhard Keese "successfully implemented the internal models for Solvency II, introduced a value generating growth strategy and initiated several large transformation programmes. As the CFO of ALLIANZ Germany, Burkhard has also been responsible for the firm's EUR 300 billion investment portfolio", as Lloyd's announced in a statement.