Nikolaus
von Bombard was born in 1956 in Gunzenhausen, Germany. He studied
law at the universities of Munich and Regenburg, finishing with a doctorate
degree.
Nikolaus
then began his climb up the corporate ladder at Munich Re starting out in the
graduate trainee program in 1985. Later he started working as an underwriter in
the Operational Division: Fire/Treaty. Nikolaus was appointed Deputy Head of
the Operational Division: Germany.
In
1997 he took on the job of building up and managing the Munich Re office in Sao
Paolo, Brazil. He was appointed to the Board of Management in 2000 and from
2001 was responsible for the Europe 2/Latin America Division. On January 2004
Nikolaus reached the top post being appointed Chairman of the Board of
Management.
He
has help guide of the one of the world’s largest reinsurer through difficult
times and has pursued
initiatives to help combat global warming. One project that his has been involved with is
in Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII), a desert power scheme, which aims to
produce enough electricity to meet 15 percent of the world’s energy
requirements.
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