Dr. Oliver Martin Willmes

Since January 2025

ERGO Deutschland AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
Chief Operating Officer 
Chair of the Board of Management

October 2019 to December 2024

ERGO International AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
Chief Operating Officer
Chair of the Board of Management 
'Ausgliederungsbeauftragter' for Compliance and Internal Audit

September 2017 to September 2019

ERGO Group AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
Head of Corporate Development

June 2013 to August 2017

ERGO Group AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
(until April 2016 ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG)
Head of ERGO company organization

December 2011 to May 2013

ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
Head of sales organization ERGO Pro

August 2009 to June 2013

ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG
VFG Vorsorge Finanzierungsconsulting GmbH, Vienna,  Austria
Managing Director

September 2007 to September 2009

ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG
Hamburg-Mannheimer Versicherungs-AG, Hamburg, Germany
Head of Sales development and controlling, authorized officer

May 2004 to August 2007

August 2000 to April 2004

KIVI Kölner Institut für Versicherungsinformation GmbH, Cologne, Germany
Freelancer and analyst of annual financial statements of German insurance companies

July 1999 to April 2004

Dissertation "Risk Management Consulting by Industrial Insurance Companies: Classification, Design and Evaluation"
Doctorate Dr. rer. pol.

July 1999 to April 2004

Seminar for general business administration, risk management and insurance theory, University of Cologne, Germany 
Doctoral student and research assistant

August 1997 to August 1998

MBA program at Eastern Illinois University, IL, USA
Graduation: Master of Business Administration (MBA)

October 1994 to June 1999

Studies of Business Administration at the University of Cologne, Germany
Graduation: Diplom-Kaufmann

29. December 1973

Born in Schwerte, Germany