Allianz SE extends contracts of Board Members Sirma Boshnakova and Günther Thallinger

The Supervisory Board of Allianz SE has extended the mandates of Allianz SE Board of Management Members Sirma Boshnakova, 52, responsible for the Group’s insurance businesses in Western & Southern Europe, Allianz Direct and Allianz Partners, and Günther Thallinger, 52, responsible for Investment Management and Sustainability, through December 2029, subject to customary regulatory approvals. Günther Thallinger joined the Allianz SE Board of Management in 2017, Sirma Boshnakova in 2022.

“The extension of the mandates of Sirma Boshnakova and Günther Thallinger underscores the strength and stability of the Allianz management team,” said Michael Diekmann, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Allianz SE.

“Sirma and Günther will continue to translate excellent customer experience into profitable growth and further strengthen the performance of our investment portfolio for the benefit of our policyholders,” said Oliver Bäte, Chairman of the Board of Management of Allianz SE.

Lauren Day
Allianz SE
Florian Amberg
Allianz SE

The Allianz Group is one of the world’s leading insurers and asset managers, active in almost 70 countries and serving around 97 million private and corporate customers*. Allianz customers benefit from a broad range of personal and corporate insurance services, ranging from property, life and health insurance to assistance services to credit insurance and global business insurance. Allianz is one of the world’s largest investors, managing around 764 billion euros** on behalf of its insurance customers. Furthermore, our asset managers PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors manage about 2.0 trillion euros** of third-party assets. Thanks to our systematic integration of ecological and social criteria in our business processes and investment decisions, we are among the leaders in the insurance industry in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In 2025, over 156,000 employees achieved total business volume of 186.9 billion euros and an operating profit of 17.4 billion euros for the Group.

* Customer count reflects Allianz customers in consolidated entities that are part of the customer reporting scope only.

** As of December 31, 2025.

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