FERMA names Cotelle to suceed Hedemark as president

By Rebecca Delaney

June 24 - (The Insurer) - The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (Ferma) has elected Philippe Cotelle as president, the industry body said on Tuesday.

The announcement was made at a board meeting on Tuesday following Ferma’s general assembly in Brussels.

Cotelle will officially assume the role of president on October 24, succeeding Charlotte Hedemark who completes her two-year tenure.

He has been a Ferma board member for eight years, as well as a board member of French risk management association Amrae.

Cotelle served as head of cyber insurance management and head of insurance risk management at Airbus Defence & Space. Prior to this he was a senior space underwriter at Scor.

The general assembly also announced the election of four new FERMA board members: Ulrich Adamheit, head of group risk management at Electrolux Group; Tadas Cilcius, senior risk manager at Kashimi; Christian Jens Fuchsenthaler, head of corporate insurance at Daimler Truck AG; and Luis Lancha Vázquez, head of risk and insurance at SENER Group.