OREANDA-NEWS. December 10, 2008. In accordance with the order of the company management, Mr. Veit Stutz has been appointed to the position of Deputy CEO of ROSNO, responsible for coordination and operational control of the companies of Allianz Eurasia in the fields of strategic development, marketing communications, and customer service quality, reported the press-centre of ROSNO.

In this position, Mr. Veit Stutz will coordinate operations of the company’s four major divisions: Business Development Department, Marketing Department, Quality Department, and Product Analysis and Development Department. Previously, operations of the three of these divisions were supervised by Mr. Mikhail Safran, who recently decided to pursue his career outside the Allianz Group.

Mr. Veit Stutz was born in 1974 in Munich, Germany. In 1999, he graduated from the Ludwig Maximillian Munich University, majoring in "Strategic Management and Control. Management Psychology" In 2000, he received an MBA degree in Strategic Management and Finance in one of the leading European business schools, Instituto de Empresa (IE) in Madrid, and was named of the top 10 graduates of the year 2000 program.

Mr. Veit Stutz came to Allianz Group in 2001, and till 2002 worked as an assistant to the head of the regional sales division for the federal area of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany).

In 2002, he was appointed regional sales manager. Already after the first year in this position, Mr. Veit Stutz ranked second among 57 regional managers in terms of sales volumes, surpassing the plan many times.

In 2004 to 2005, he headed the Project Management Department (sales and project consulting) of Allianz AG in Germany. At the same time, in 2005 to 2006, he headed the Innovations Division of Allianz Group. In 2006, Mr. Veit Stutz ranked among the top 50 German managers aged 31 to 40 by the Handelsblatt & Junge Karriere magazine.

Immediately before his transfer to ROSNO, in 2006 to 2008, Mr. Veit Stutz held the position of deputy head of OPEX (AGO) unit of Allianz Group, belonging to Allianz SE and specializing in development and implementation of the quality management methodology.