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elipsLife has been an integral part of Global Employee Benefits in the division of Swiss Life International since mid-2022. Swiss Life Group is a leading provider of life and pensions and financial solutions in Europe.

Shareholder July 2022

Members of the Board of Directors

Theo Iaponas
CEO Swiss Life International and Member of the Corporate Executive Board Swiss Life Group and Head of Global Employee Benefits

Global Employee Benefits Management Team

Theo Iaponas
CEO Swiss Life International and Member of the Corporate Executive Board Swiss Life Group and Head of Global Employee Benefits

Theo Iaponas

Theo Iaponas studied statistics at the University of California Santa Barbara followed by business administration at the University of Washington in Seattle. After holding various positions in Seattle and London within the health and risk benefits sector as an employee and advisor, he became part of Swiss Life in 2009. His initial role at the company involved working as an actuary in the reinsurance business. In 2012, he took over as Head of Product & Underwriting in the Global Employee Benefits business area. In this role his responsibilities included product development and the management of teams both in Zurich and Luxembourg. In 2015, he was appointed Head of Global Employee Benefits based in Luxembourg, where he was also responsible for Operations and Sales & Market Developments. In 2017, he continued as Chief Executive Officer of Swiss Life Luxembourg, where he oversaw, among other things, the integration of elipsLife into the Swiss Life International division from July 2022.

On 1 July 2023 Theo Iaponas took over as Chief Executive Officer International (CEO International) and became a member of the Corporate Executive Board of the Swiss Life Group.

Global Employee Benefits Management Team Organisational chart

International presence

 

elipsLife operates in Europe. Its European headquarters are located in Ruggell, Liechtenstein, and it has branch offices in the Swiss (Zurich), Dutch (Hoofddorp) and Italian (Milan) markets. In accordance with the principle of freedom to provide services, elipsLife also operates in Belgium.