The Swiss asset management arm of Italian insurance group Generali appointed Oezgür Acili in Cham. He is responsible for the firm's financial management, while also supporting its strategic development from a financial perspective. Acili reports to CEO Thomas Kistler and succeeds Martin Risch.

Strengthening the Swiss business

The move follows another change at the executive level of Generali Investments Switzerland. At the end of September, the company named Vincent Duval as head of investments and chief investment officer (CIO). At the time, Generali said the move underscored its ambition to further strengthen its investment platform and expand its presence in the Swiss institutional asset management market.

From Partners Group to Generali

Acili looks back on an 18-year career in accounting and controlling. He was most recently the head of the controlling department at AMAG Leasing. Acili previously served as the firm’s head of accounting in Zug. From 2019 until 2012, Acili was the head of corporate accounting at Leonteq in Zürich. Earlier in his career, he spent over a decade at Partners Group. He joined the firm in 2008 as a group accountant, and was then promoted to senior accountant and head later head of accounting Switzerland.