Thomas Buberl
Buberl in 2021
Born	(1973-03-24) 24 March 1973 (age 51) Cologne, West Germany (now Germany)
Education	WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management Lancaster University University of St. Gallen
Title	CEO, Axa
Term	2016-
Predecessor	Henri de Castries
Board member of	IBM Bertelsmann Axa XL

Thomas Buberl (born 24 March 1973)^{[citation needed]} is a German businessman who has been the CEO of Axa since 2016.

Early life

Buberl was born on 24 March 1973 in Cologne, Germany.^{[citation needed]} He earned a business degree from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany), an MBA from Lancaster University (UK), and a PhD in economics from the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland).^[1]

Career

Axa

In 2012, Buberl joined Axa as chief executive officer of AXA Konzern AG in Germany and became a member of the Axa executive committee. In March 2015, he became CEO of Axa's global health business line and a member of the Axa's management committee.^[2]

In January 2016, Buberl was also appointed CEO of the global business line, life & savings. From March to August 2016, he was deputy CEO of Axa Group.^{[citation needed]}

Buberl became CEO and a member of the board of directors in September 2016, when Denis Duverne was made chairman (the two roles were separated when Henri de Castries left the company on this date).^[3][4][5] Under his leadership, Axa bought XL, for 12.4 billion in 2018 as part of a shift towards casualty and property insurance.^[6]

In 2019, Buberl became one of the founding members of the Climate Finance Leadership Initiative (CFLI), a group convened by Michael R. Bloomberg to help facilitate the private financing objectives included in the Paris Agreement.^[7]

Other activities

Corporate boards

• IBM, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2020)^[8]
• Bertelsmann, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2018)^[9]
• Axa XL, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2018)
• Temasek Holdings, Member of the European Advisory Panel^[10]

Non-profit organizations

• Institut de la Finance Durable (IFD), Member of the Board of Directors (since 2022)^[11]
• World Economic Forum (WEF), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2020)^[12]
• Bertelsmann Stiftung, Member of the Board of Trustees (2015-2018)^[13]
• Baden-Badener Unternehmer-Gespräche (BBUG), Member of the Board of Trustees^[14]
• Bocconi University, Member of the International Advisory Council^[15]
• Free Democratic Party (FDP), Member of the Business Forum^[16]
• Geneva Association, Member of the Board of Directors^[17]
• Institute of International Finance (IFF), Member of the Board^[18]
• St. Galler Stiftung für Internationale Studien, Member of the Board^[19]

Recognition

In 2008, Buberl was named a "Young Global Leader" by the World Economic Forum.^[20] In July 2019, he became a Knight of the French Legion of Honor.