Allianz Trade in Asia Pacific names Regional CEO
Rodrigo Jimenez to pick up Asia Pacific reins from Paul Flanagan
HONG KONG, May 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Allianz Trade in Asia Pacific is pleased to announce that Rodrigo Jimenez will take on the role of Asia Pacific Regional CEO on 1 October 2025. He will succeed Paul Flanagan who is retiring after a 34-year career with the global leader in trade credit insurance. Mr Jimenez will begin a three-month transition period from 1 July 2025 and officially take over the helm on 1 October 2025. This appointment is subject to standard regulatory approval requirements.
Mr Jimenez joined Allianz Trade in Brazil as CEO in 2014. Since 2021, he has been Regional Commercial Director for the Northern Europe region and being part of the Regional Management Team. In this role, he has developed and strengthened new distribution dynamics and strong synergies with the Risk department, which have in turn supported new business development and portfolio retention. He is also a keen advocate of digital transformation and has been closely involved in a number of crucial transformation projects in the Northern Europe region. Mr Jimenez holds an MBA degree from the Fundação Dom Cabral and a degree in Economics from the University of Sao Paulo.
On his appointment, Mr Jimenez says, 'It is an incredibly exciting time to be joining the Asia Pacific region. I am inspired by the growth Asia Pacific has already achieved and the transformative journey ahead, with plans to extend our presence to Vietnam, the thirteenth market in the region. Paul has set the bar high, establishing a solid foundation for this expansion, based on an unwavering commitment to customer experience and operational excellence. I look forward to continuing this mission, reinforcing our leadership position and driving innovation that delivers lasting value to our clients and partners across the region. I would like to congratulate Paul on an exemplary 34-year career at Allianz Trade and wish him every happiness in his retirement.'
About Allianz Trade
Allianz Trade is the global leader in trade credit insurance and a recognized specialist in the areas of surety, collections, structured trade credit and political risk. Our proprietary intelligence network is based on instant access to data of 289 million corporates. We give companies the confidence to trade by securing their payments. We compensate your company in the event of a bad debt, but more importantly, we help you avoid bad debt in the first place. Whenever we provide trade credit insurance or other finance solutions, our priority is predictive protection. But, when the unexpected arrives, our AA credit rating means we have the resources, backed by Allianz to provide compensation to maintain your business. Headquartered in Paris, Allianz Trade is present in over 40 countries with 5,800 employees. In 2024, our consolidated turnover was EUR3.8 billion and insured global business transactions represented EUR1,400 billion in exposure. For more information, please visit allianz-trade.com
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The statements contained herein may include prospects, statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements that are based on management's current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Actual results, performance or events may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Such deviations may arise due to, without limitation, (I) changes of the general economic conditions and competitive situation, particularly in the Allianz Group's core business and core markets, (II) performance of financial markets (particularly market volatility, liquidity and credit events), (III) frequency and severity of insured loss events, including from natural catastrophes, and the development of loss expenses, (IV) mortality and morbidity levels and trends, (V) persistency levels, (VI) particularly in the banking business, the extent of credit defaults, (VII) interest rate levels, (VIII) currency exchange rates including the euro/US-dollar exchange rate, (IX) changes in laws and regulations, including tax regulations, (X) the impact of acquisitions, including related integration issues, and reorganization measures, and (XI) general competitive factors, in each case on a local, regional, national and/or global basis. Many of these factors may be more likely to occur, or more pronounced, as a result of terrorist activities and their consequences.
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