Portrait / Foto: Sebastian Schmidtke

Sebastian Schmidtke

Chair of the Board of Management of ERGO Reiseversicherung AG
Responsible for product development and underwriting, operations, actuarial management pricing and management of the international business and the assistance companies

Member of the Board of Management of ERGO Direkt Versicherung AG
Responsible for actuarial management pricing, product management, risk management for money laundering, compliance (outsourcing officer), actuarial funktion (outsourcing officer) 

Curriculum vitae


Since January 2025

Chair of the Board of Management of ERGO Reiseversicherung AG, Munich, Germany
Responsible for product development and underwriting, operations, actuarial management pricing and management of the international business and the assistance companies

Member of the Board of Management of ERGO Direkt Versicherung AG, Nuremberg, Germany
Responsible for the actuarial management pricing, product management, risk management for money laundering, compliance (outsourcing officer), actuarial function (outsourcing officer)

January 2023 to December 2024

ERGO Insurance N.V., Brussels, Belgium
Chief Executive Officer
Responsible for product management, transformation management, internal audit, compliance, legal and human resources

January 2020 to December 2022

ERGO Insurance N.V., Brussels, Belgium
Chief Administration Officer
Responsible for product management, project management and governance

October 2019 to January 2020

ERGO Group AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
Head of CEO Office

December 2017 to September 2019

ERGO Group AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
Assistant to the CEO

January 2017 to December 2017

ERGO Group AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
Corporate Finance - Investment Services

January 2016 to December 2016

Deutsche Postbank, Bonn, Germany
Project Manager – Project Portfolio Products

October 2013 to December 2015

PricewaterhouseCoopers WP AG, Düssedorf, Germany
Senior Consultant – Financial Services Deals & Restructuring

October 2011 to December 2013

University of Cologne, Germany and Rotterdam School of Management, Netherlands
Study of business administration – finance
Degree: Master of Science - MS

February 2010 to October 2011

Sparkasse Krefeld, Germany
Commercial Client Advisor

March 2008 to May 2011

FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management, Essen, Germany
Study of International Management
Degree: Bachelor of Arts – BA

August 2007 to January 2010

Sparkasse Krefeld, Germany
Banking traineeship (IHK Ausbildung)

21. September 1987

Born in Meerbusch, Germany