One of the largest and most renowned financial services providers in the world, Allianz Group represents an international; network of strong brands with top-class products. With an expertise of specialists in the sphere of property and casualty insurance, life and health insurance, asset management and banking, they have constantly been striving in their commitment to their business, in fostering strong relationships with customers, shareholders, employees and society, this global company is managed by Michael Diekmann, under whose proficient leadership, this company is continuously growing. Founded in 1890 in Berlin, Diekmann began his professional career in 1983 as the CEO of Diekmann/Thieme GBR, a publishing house. After five years, in 1988, he joined Allianz Versicherungs-AG as the executive assistant to the Head of the Hamburg regional office. From thereon, he went on to assume the position as the Head of Sales at the Hamburg Harburg office of Allianz. There has been no looking back for this phenomenal leader since. Born in 1954, he studied law and philosophy from Göttingen University. He has held several other positions in Allianz Group before going on to occupy one of the most coveted positions in April 2003, that of the Chairman of this huge financial organization. Ever since he took over the reins of this company in his able hands, Allianz has been surging ahead. Extremely clear in his perception, Diekmann believes that for the company to prosper, it is important that numerous shareholders, customers and employees can participate in the day functioning of the organization. A multi-faceted personality, Diekmann takes out time for the various organizations he is a part of. Some of the organizations include Linde AG (Deputy Chairman), Allianz Lebensversicherungs-AG (Group mandate, Chairman), Dresdner Bank AG (Group mandate, Chairman), Allianz Versicherungs-AG (Group mandate, Chairman) and Allianz Dresdner Asset Management AG (Group mandate, Chairman). In addition, he is also member of a number of comparable management bodies, for example, Assurances Générales de France (Group mandate, Vice President) and Riunione Adriatica di Sicurtà S.p.A. (Group mandate, Vice president). Under him, Allianz has now spread its activities to cover 70 countries with nearly 174,000 employees. Years of experience, a global network of experts and strong customer focus is responsible for making Allianz the leading providers of insurance and asset management. Meeting diiferent demands and requirements of customers with individual, qualified and responsible service, with such a captain at the helm, Allianz is perfectly insured with the trust that customers all over have placed in it.