Bâloise Holding AG announced after ten successful years as Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dr. Andreas Burckhardt has decided to step down from his post and not to stand for re-election at the next Annual General Meeting on 30 April 2021. The Board of Directors has nominated Dr. Thomas von Planta, a member of the Board of Directors since 2017, as successor for the chairmanship. Together with the Board of Directors and the Corporate Executive Committee, he will continue to lead Baloise on its current path of success. Dr Thomas von Planta, who has been nominated for the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bâloise Holding Ltd. by his fellow board members, has a profound expertise in the financial market. The 59-year-old Swiss national has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2017 and has contributed to the Chairman's Committee, the Investment Committee and the Audit and Risk Committee over the course of the last three and a half years or so.