Our consultancy
Founded in 2008 in Switzerland as Dr. Schanz, Alms & Company, Faber provides its clients with research, business & strategy development and corporate communications. We pursue a market-focused approach dedicated to the risk transfer and financial services industry, where clients trust in our understanding of their business model. We operate globally, supporting clients in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.
Timeline
2023Sara Thomas joins as senior associate 2020Faber Consulting AG is launched 2019Simone Lauper joins as partner 2016Steffi Schanz joins as senior associate |
2008Founded in Zurich by Dr. Kai-Uwe Schanz and Henner Alms 2011Expansion into the Middle East and launch of the first MENA Barometer report 2013
2015Expansion into Africa and launch of the first Africa Insurance research |
Timeline
2008
Founded in Zurich by Dr. Kai-Uwe Schanz and Henner Alms
2011
Expansion into the Middle East and launch of the first MENA Barometer report
2013
- Andreas Bollmann joins as partner
- Expansion into Asia and launch of the first Asia Reinsurance Pulse
2015
Expansion into Africa and launch of the first Africa Insurance research
2016
Steffi Schanz joins as senior associate
2017
Virginie Parotte joins as associate
2019
Simone Lauper joins as partner
2020
Faber Consulting AG is launched
Team
Complex and long-term projects require profound industry and business expertise. Our services are based on our partners’ in-depth sector knowledge and experience built in Asia, the Americas, the Middle East and Europe.
HENNER ALMS
PARTNER
«Communication is first and foremost about connecting people. We support our clients in building durable relationships with their stakeholders.»
ANDREAS BOLLMANN
PARTNER
«Successful strategy implementation is as important as designing a strategy, but often more difficult to pursue. We help our clients making their strategy work.»
SIMONE LAUPER
PARTNER
«We support our clients in developing a unique positioning strategy based on strengths that truly differentiate them from their competitors.»
SARA THOMAS
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
«We create clear, impactful content to promote your brand and expertise. Uniquely, we are not just content and research specialists, but also re/insurance professionals with a deep understanding of your business.»
HENNER ALMS
PARTNER
+41 44 256 1082
ha@faberconsulting.ch
COMPETENCE
- Develops and implements communication strategies and measures, which contribute to clients achieving their business objectives.
- Well-connected in a large network of long-standing international contacts in the financial and trade media.
- Experienced in utilizing a vast repertoire of proven and creative solutions, which help clients to build a distinct profile for their stakeholders.
EXPERIENCE
Henner Alms is a founding partner of Faber. He has more than 20 years of experience in corporate and marketing communications, gained primarily in financial services and also in the consumer goods and the medtech industry.
Until 2007 Henner was Head of Media Relations at Swiss Re, in charge of the firm’s media communications and financial reporting. Before that, he was a spokesperson at Sulzer Medica, a global leader in medical devices. Henner started his career in communications with Kraft Foods, first in Germany and later in Switzerland.
Henner holds a masters degree in arts from the University of Hamburg.
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ANDREAS BOLLMANN
PARTNER
+41 44 256 1085
ab@faberconsulting.ch
COMPETENCE
- Supports clients in developing and implementing their business strategies
- In-depth non-life reinsurance underwriting expertise
- Financial analysis
- Broad intercultural experience
- Offers a robust network in the international reinsurance industry as well as with regulators and other public sector entities
- Provides market research and competitor analysis
EXPERIENCE
Andreas Bollmann is a partner of Faber and has more than 20 years of experience in international reinsurance, gained in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
In 2013, he joined Faber from Saudi Re, a Riyadh-based reinsurer, where he served as Chief Underwriting Officer. Until 2010, he worked at Swiss Re where he held several senior management positions, mainly in Asia.
Andreas started his reinsurance career as Account Executive for Japan, first based in Munich and later in Zurich and Hong Kong. In 2004 he was appointed to Head of Swiss Re’s Korea branch in Seoul before moving to Singapore as Head of the Public Sector Business Development Team Asia.
Before joining the reinsurance industry, Andreas served in the German Army as a helicopter pilot and Public Relations Officer. He is a German national who holds a MSc from Duisburg University in East Asian Studies with majors in economics, political science and Japanese.
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SIMONE LAUPER
PARTNER
+41 44 256 1081
sl@faberconsulting.ch
COMPETENCE
- Supports companies in finding their unique strategic positioning promoted through corporate communication tailored to stakeholders
- Established experience in the reinsurance and banking sector
- Designs communication strategies and campaigns
- Assists change processes through effective internal and external communication
- Has a proven track record in reputation, issue and crisis management
- Further areas of expertise include executive positioning, brand management, financial reporting, intranet/web design, marketing communication
EXPERIENCE
Simone Lauper is a partner at Faber. She spent more than 20 years in senior management positions in leading financial services institutions, working in Switzerland and abroad.
Simone joined Faber from Tokio Millennium Re, where she was the firm’s Head of Corporate Communications since 2015, in charge of the company’s repositioning before the company was acquired in 2019.
Previously, Simone worked at Swiss Re as Head of Media Relations & Financial Reporting during the financial crisis and later as their Head of Internal Communications. Before joining the reinsurance industry, Simone was a Private Banking client advisor at UBS in Switzerland, USA and Brazil.
She speaks six languages and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Lausanne.
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SARA THOMAS
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
+41 44 256 1083
st@faberconsulting.ch
COMPETENCE
- Partnering with re/insurance company executives and business line experts to transfer their insights, differentiators and messaging into clear, focused content for their clients.
- Deep industry knowledge spanning all aspects of re/insurance and lines of business, Life & Health and Non-life.
- Highly experienced content project manager, writer, editor, researcher, technical reviewer and proofreader.
- Strong scientific academic background.
- Further areas of expertise include social media, internal communications, survey results interpretation, content upload and layout/design.
EXPERIENCE
Sara Thomas is a senior associate at Faber. Sara has exceptional skills in re/insurance thought-leadership writing and publication project management. She also has deep industry knowledge from a 25+ year career in re/insurance marketing and corporate communications, built from a solid experience base in underwriting, claims and reporting. Sara is an expert content creator with the skills to plan, write, edit and publish high-quality content on any industry or line of business topic, Non-life and Life & Health. Her track record notably includes producing clear, focused messaging on catastrophe modeling, data analytics and diverse medical risk trends.
Sara joined Faber in 2023 from PartnerRe, where she was Senior Writer & Editor, responsible for producing all the company’s research reports, articles and market surveys. She began her career in re/insurance with Commercial Union (now Aviva) in London.
Sara is mother-tongue English and also speaks German. She has a doctorate (D.Phil.) and bachelor (BA) degree in Earth Sciences from the University of Oxford, UK, and is an Associate of the UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute (Chartered Insurance Practitioner).