Antares Global, the multinational group of insurance and related service companies, today announces the appointment of Kevin Wenzel as Chief Financial Officer.

Wenzel will report to Antares Global CEO Mike van der Straaten and brings over 30 years of experience to his new role. He joins from Allianz where he served most recently as Deputy CFO of Allianz Holdings PLC (UK).  He also previously held several executive leadership roles at Allianz, including Chief Actuary and CFO of LV, the general insurance company Allianz acquired in 2018.

van der Straaten said: “It’s genuinely a pleasure to welcome Kevin Wenzel to Antares. Kevin has amassed deep expertise during his distinguished career, with a strong finance and actuarial background and having successfully implemented several data science solutions. His pragmatic commercial and solutions-orientated approach to driving business performance will be extremely valuable to Antares. This year will be a significant one for our business and we very much look forward to working with him to realise our strategic ambitions.”  

Wenzel said: “I am excited to be joining Antares at an innovative time for the business and look forward to working with Mike van der Straaten and the talented team he has bought together.”