Cornel Widmer and Frédéric Traimond were elected to the Board of Directors at the extraordinary general meeting of Vaudoise Asset Management, the company said on Wednesday.

Independent board member Widmer has extensive experience in real estate investments and real estate asset management. From 2012 to 2026, he worked as Global Head of Real Estate at Zurich Insurance Group, where he was responsible for the group’s global real estate strategy, it added. He holds a Master of Science in Real Estate from the University of Zurich and has held, or still holds, board positions at several companies and real estate funds in Switzerland and abroad.

Traimond is Deputy CEO of the Vaudoise Group, CRO and Head of the Risk, Actuarial and Reinsurance Department. Since 2018, he has been responsible for the Vaudoise insurance pension fund and chairman of the investment committee. As a trained actuary, he has held various roles in insurance, institutional investments and asset liability management (ALM). He also sits on several board of directors within the group.

The Board of Directors of Vaudoise AM already includes: Jean-Daniel Laffely (chairman), CEO of Vaudoise, Christoph Borgmann, CFO of Vaudoise, and Reto Kuhn, CIO of Vaudoise.