Manuela has a breadth of experience in insurance, pension and consumer protection policy development as well as insurance supervision. She was Head of the Policy Department at the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA). She also worked for more than 15 years in the (re)insurance industry and held various senior leadership roles, overseeing areas such as enterprise and emerging risk management, corporate governance and innovative technologies, including green technology, sustainable finance, disaster scenarios, protection gap, cyber risk, terrorism exposure and money laundering. Manuela holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Munich, Germany. In addition, she holds a certificate in Business Administration and Operational Management from the University of Hagen, Germany.
