Michael Hendriks joins PIB Group as Chief Commercial Officer for Europe
January 13 2025
- Michael Hendriks joins PIB Group from Aon, effective 1 January 2025
- He will develop the Group’s growing international capabilities
- A special focus will be on building out the DACH region
PIB Group Ltd (‘PIB’) has appointed Michael Hendriks as Chief Commercial Officer in Europe. His appointment further strengthens the Group's European leadership team, and he will be reporting into Onno Janssen, the CEO for PIB Group Europe.
PIB’s international division focuses on retail brokerage and is rapidly growing its re-insurance, wholesale and underwriting business lines, offering regional consolidation opportunities and long-term growth potential.
In this new role, Michael will build on PIB’s international strategy and the development of its family of businesses. He will connect and replicate the breadth of capabilities across Europe to provide all PIB’s solutions to local and multinational clients. In parallel to this, Michael will have a particular focus on the German market, where he is based and where PIB recently acquired Munich-based Contego.
A trained lawyer, Michael joins with an insurance career spanning 22 years, all of which has been spent with Aon Germany. He has held a number of management positions there, including responsibility for sales and regional management as well as for the company’s specialities. He was Chief Commercial Officer/Chief Relationship Officer for three years from 2018. Most recently, Michael was Managing Director of Aon Germany with focus on the business responsibilities for the North and West regions in Germany since 2021.
Onno Janssen commented: “I’m delighted that Michael has chosen PIB Group for the next step in his career. Michael has extensive experience and I’m very happy to be further strengthening the European leadership team as PIB continues to evolve on our journey to becoming a leading European insurance distribution business of scale.”