FWD Group has appointed Mr Martin Zingg as a Non-Executive Director to its Board of Directors. With this appointment, he has become a member of the Board's audit and risk committees, as well.
With Mr Zingg’s appointment, the FWD Group Board now consists of 14 directors, comprising nine independent non-executive directors, three non-executive directors and two executive directors.
Mr Zingg serves as Group Head of Corporate Development and Strategic Investments at Swiss Re. He leads Swiss Re Group’s corporate development agenda, including control transactions, minority participations and private debt investments.
Prior to his current role, Mr Zingg held various senior positions at Swiss Re in investment management and corporate development across the United States, Europe, and Asia over more than two decades. He also served for more than five years as Group CIO at Catlin Group, an international specialty and property and casualty (re)insurer and reinsurer.
To its high-net-worth business under FWD Private, the insurer has also appointed Mr Mark Bensman to the role of Chief Officer, FWD High Net Worth, effective 25 May 2026.
Mr Bensman brings more than 25 years of life insurance industry experience. Most recently, he was Chief Distribution Officer for Manulife, where he worked for 18 years.