Philippe Egger, Chief Executive Officer of AXA Winterthur, to retire. Antimo Perretta will succeed him as Chief Executive Officer.

After eleven years as Chief Executive Officer of AXA Winterthur, Philippe Egger, a member of AXA Group Executive Committee, has decided to retire. The Board of Directors of AXA Winterthur has appointed Antimo Perretta, Head of Distribution and a member of AXA Winterthur's Executive Board, to succeed him, effective January 1, 2014. Antimo Perretta will also join AXA Group Executive Committee. After completion of his CEO mandate, Philippe Egger will remain as an adviser to the Chairman of the Board of Directors until the end of February 2014.