In 2012, Buberl joined Axa as chief executive officer of AXA Konzern AG in Germany and became a member of the Axa executive committee. In March 2015, he became CEO of Axa's global health business line and a member of the Axa's management committee.[2]
In January 2016, Buberl was also appointed CEO of the global business line, life & savings. From March to August 2016, he was deputy CEO of Axa Group.[citation needed]
Buberl became CEO and a member of the board of directors in September 2016, when
Denis Duverne was made chairman (the two roles were separated when
Henri de Castries left the company on this date).[3][4][5] Under his leadership, Axa bought
XL, for 12.4 billion in 2018 as part of a shift towards
casualty and
property insurance.[6]
In 2019, Buberl became one of the founding members of the Climate Finance Leadership Initiative (CFLI), a group convened by
Michael R. Bloomberg to help facilitate the private financing objectives included in the
Paris Agreement.[7]
Other activities
Corporate boards
IBM, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2020)[8]
Bertelsmann, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2018)[9]
Axa XL, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2018)
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