– UK, London – Prudential plc (LON: PRU), announced the appointment of Dr. Guido Fürer to its Board as a Non-executive Director with immediate effect.
He will also be a member of the Audit and Risk Committees.
The company also announced that Amy Yip will retire from the Board on 31 October 2025.
About Dr. Guido Fürer
Dr. Guido Fürer has extensive international experience in the insurance and asset management industries. His 25-year career at Swiss Re Group included 11 years as Group CIO and member of the Global Executive Committee, heading up the Global Asset Management division, as well as a term as Country President, Switzerland, and Chair of the Group Strategic Council. Before joining Swiss Re, Dr. Guido Fürer held leading positions at Swiss Bank Corp /O’Connor and Associates in options trading and capital markets.
Between 2018 and 2022, he was a non-executive director, and chaired the Group Risk Committee, of FWD Group, gaining insight into various of Prudential’s key markets. He is currently a non-executive director of Baloise Group and chair of its Risk & Investment Committee.
Dr Fürer has over three decades of international experience across financial services. He began his career with Swiss Bank Corporation/O’Connor & Associates in options trading and in its Capital Markets division in Chicago, New York, London, and Zurich. In 1997 he joined Swiss Re, where he held various positions before being appointed Group CIO and member of the Group Executive Committee in 2012, heading up Group Asset Management until his retirement in March 2023.
Between 2019 and 2023, Dr Fürer served as Country President, of Swiss Re Switzerland, and held the roles of Chair of Swiss Re’s Strategic Council, Zurich Pension Fund, and Trustee of the Swiss Re Foundation.
During his time at Swiss Re Dr Fürer served on the boards of a number of subsidiary entities and, from 2018 to 2022, as a non-executive director of pan-Asian insurer FWD Group, where he chaired the Group Risk Committee. In addition, he played a significant role in the establishment of the UN-enabled Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance.
Following his retirement, Dr Fürer became a member of the board of insurance and banking group Baloise Holding AG in April 2024, becoming Chair of the Risk & Investment Committee in April 2025.
Dr Fürer has a master’s degree in Economics and a doctorate in Financial Risk Management from the University of Zurich, where he is now Chair of the Advisory Board of the Department of Finance.
About Prudential plc
Prudential provides life and health insurance and asset management in 24 markets across Asia and Africa. Prudential’s mission is to be the most trusted partner and protector for this generation and generations to come, by providing simple and accessible financial and health solutions. The business has dual primary listings on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (2378) and the London Stock Exchange. It also has a secondary listing on the Singapore Stock Exchange (K6S) and a listing on the New York Stock Exchange (PUK) in the form of American Depositary Receipts. It is a constituent of the Hang Seng Composite Index and is also included for trading in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program and the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program.
Prudential is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential Financial, Inc. a company whose principal place of business is in the United States of America, nor with The Prudential Assurance Company Limited, a subsidiary of M&G plc, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom.
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