Tobias Fritsch

Now. As Allianz Investment Management LLC’s (AIM) Chief Operations Officer, Tobias Fritsch leads investment operations, IT and business transformation related initiatives within AIM.  He oversees all of the investment operations responsibilities, covering both the general account and derivative side. The operations function follows the principle of business best practices and continuous improvements.  The IT function includes the design and maintenance of a robust, coherent system landscape with a scalable architecture in AIM.  The business transformation function is the overall AIM change function for enhancements of the overall operating model as well as major projects of all AIM departments.

Then. Prior to joining Allianz Life in 2016, Fritsch worked as an executive program manager at Allianz Global Investors (AGI) in Europe, he was responsible for leading global strategic initiatives to redesign and transform the target operating model of AGI. He was also responsible for an acquisition and post-merger integration of Asset Managers into the firm. Prior to that Tobias held various leadership roles in various Allianz entities.

And…Tobias is a strong proponent of lifelong learning, as he holds two PhDs, an executive MBA and multiple advanced degrees in the areas of business administration, eTechnical engineering, computer science, economics, law, political science, history, literature science, sociology, psychology and philosophy. Also, he achieved his OPEX Black Belt Certification, Price 2 practitioner, Scrum Master and PMP training.