Zurich Financial Services Group announced the appointment of Markus Nordlin, 46, to the position of chief information technology officer (CITO) and member of the group management board, effective Sept. 1.

Nordlin succeeds Michael Paravicini, who will retire. In his new role, Nordlin will continue the transformational effort Zurich and Group IT have undertaken and leverage these capabilities to support Zurich to achieve its business goals. He will report to Kristof Terryn, group head of operations, and will be located in Zurich, Switzerland.

Nordlin joined Zurich in 1999 from Accenture. Since 2004 he served as the group IT key account executive for the Farmers Insurance Group (Farmers), being responsible for developing the IT roadmaps supporting Farmers' business strategy across all business units and functions.

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