Press release | July 16, 2026
Allianz Commercial announces Key Leadership Promotions
Allianz Commercial Asia Pacific announced today two key leadership promotions that will further drive the company’s ‘Customer First’ strategy and service delivery for clients and distribution partners. Jenny Wilhelm has been promoted to Managing Director, Allianz Commercial Singapore with effect from August 1, 2026. In this newly created role, Jenny will continue to report to Christian Sandric, President, Commercial, Asia Pacific and will be responsible for the strategic growth and performance of Allianz Commercial across Singapore, the ASEAN markets and Sri Lanka.
Jenny will be succeeded by William Slade, who has been promoted to Regional Head of Distribution, Asia with effect from August 1, 2026. He will join the Asia Pacific leadership team reporting to Christian Sandric and Jeremy Sharpe, Chief Distribution Officer at Allianz Commercial. In this role, he will drive the Asia Distribution strategy, developing and implementing plans to deliver smart growth across the region, including broker and client engagement. He is currently the Key Relationships Manager and Head of Portfolio Solutions, Asia.
Christian Sandric, President, Commercial, Asia Pacific comments: “Jenny’s knowledge of the region coupled with her demonstrated experience in building a very successful business across Asia provides her with a great foundation to support the next phase of development for Allianz Commercial. I would like to welcome Will to the Executive Management team in Asia Pacific. Since joining the team, he has contributed significantly to the development of our business and our core engagement with distribution partners and clients. I am delighted to working together with Jenny and Will to expand Allianz Commercial’s footprint in our region.”
Executive profiles
Jenny Wilhelm
Jenny is an experienced leader with over 20 years in the insurance and legal industries. She joined Allianz Commercial in August 2017 as the Regional Head of Financial Lines for Southeast Asia and was promoted to Regional Head of Financial Lines & Cyber Asia in 2019. In September 2024, she assumed the role of Regional Head of Distribution for the Asia region where she worked closely with the Asia leadership team on driving the Distribution and go-to-market strategies to deliver on Allianz Commercial’s overall smart growth ambitions. This included developing and implementing strategic plans to further penetrate target markets, the continued build-out of distribution capabilities, strategic client management, and broker partnership engagement and development across the region.
William Slade
Will possesses over 10 years’ experience in the insurance industry spanning multiple functions within Allianz UK, Allianz SE and Allianz Commercial. With his most recent role in Asia as Key Relationships Manager and Head of Portfolio Solutions, Will was instrumental in leading Allianz Commercial’s core broker and client engagement strategy in Asia while driving the rollout of strategic portfolio solutions including multi-line deals, facilities and MGAs.
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About Allianz Commercial
Allianz Commercial is the center of expertise and global line of Allianz Group for insuring mid-sized businesses, large enterprises and specialist risks. Among our customers are the world’s largest consumer brands, financial institutions and industry players, the global aviation and shipping industry, as well as family-owned and medium enterprises, which are the backbone of the economy. We also cover unique risks such as offshore wind parks, infrastructure projects or film productions.
Powered by the employees, financial strength, and network of the world’s #1 insurance brand Allianz, as ranked by Interbrand, we work together to help our customers prepare for what’s ahead: They trust us to provide a wide range of traditional and alternative risk transfer solutions, outstanding risk consulting and multinational services as well as seamless claims handling.
The trade name Allianz Commercial brings together the large corporate insurance business of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) and the commercial insurance business of national Allianz Property & Casualty entities serving mid-sized companies. We are present in over 200 countries and territories either though our own teams or the Allianz Group network and partners. In 2025, the integrated business of Allianz Commercial generated around €17,3 billion in gross premium globally.
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