MAPFRE appoints group CIO

Juan Bernal has been named group chief investment officer of MAPFRE, a Spanish insurance and money management firm, effective May 1.

Bernal succeeds Jose Luis Jimenez, who was appointed as MAPFRE's deputy chief financial officer as of Jan. 1, a spokesperson said.

Bernal most recently served as chief executive officer at CaixaBank Asset Management, a Spanish asset manager, said an April 19 news release.

CaixaBank Asset Management named Ana Martin de Santa Olalla to succeed Bernal, according to a news release from CaixaBank on April 19.

Based in Madrid, MAPFRE has more than €50 billion ($53.2 billion) in assets under management. MAPFRE Asset Management, a unit of MAPFRE, manages almost €38 billion in assets, MAPFRE's news release added.

https://www.pionline.com/money-management/mapfre-appoints-juan-bernal-group-cio

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• https://www.agefi.fr/investisseurs-institutionnels/actualites/juan-bernal-devient-directeur-des-investissements-de-lassureur-espagnol-mapfre

• https://hedgefundalpha.com/mapfre-announces-new-group-cio/

• https://www.insuranceassetrisk.com/content/news/mapfre-appoints-group-cio.html

• https://www.ai-cio.com/news/juan-bernal-appointed-cio-of-insurer-mapfre/

• https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3408712187223-juan-bernal-is-named-new-group-chief-investment-officer-at-mapfre

• https://insuranceassetmanagement.net/iam/MAPFRE-announces-new-group-CIO.php