Athene Holding Ltd. (Athene) has appointed Gerhard Bernd Recker as its new CIO. Recker brings more than 20 years of financial services and capital markets experience to Athene and its subsidiaries (the Athene Cos.). He most recently served as EVP and global CIO of Allianz Global Specialty and Corporate AG.
Prior, Recker was a managing partner with Accenture and a regional manager with EDS, with extensive work experience both in the United States and Europe. He will be based in Des Moines, Iowa, and will work with all of the Athene Cos.
Athene says its products include retail-fixed and equity-indexed annuity products; institutional products, such as funding agreements; and co-insurance and reinsurance arrangements with third-party life insurance and annuity providers.
