Claudia Sousa Rast
Munich
Summary
Experienced regulatory affairs professional with strong background in steering cross-functional teams across the Allianz Group and solid professional network in financial services.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Manager Regulatory Affairs - Conduct of Business
Allianz SE
2021.04 - Current
- Leading discussion of Allianz Group positions under regulatory reviews in field of customer protection (Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD), Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) Regulation), in close alignment with business units and operating entities, with focus on:
- product governance (e.g. Value for Money in Unit Linked life insurance products, differential pricing in non-life insurance products;
- sales (e.g. advisory process);
- customer product disclosure.
- Supporting a constructive engagement with regulators and supervisors in the course of such regulatory reviews.
Senior Manager Regulatory Affairs
Allianz SE
2020.01 - 2021.03
- Supervisory oversight with focus on international coordination of outreach to supervisory authorities
- Supervisory oversight regarding requests from BaFin (deputy)
- Monitoring of regulatory developments in field Conduct of Business and position alignment with internal and external stakeholders (interim).
Senior Expert Regulatory Affairs
Allianz SE
2014.01 - 2019.12
- Support of Conduct of Business regulatory workstream with special focus on PRIIPs and IDD.
- Management of the Pan European Insurance Forum (group of CEOs of 11 main European insurance companies) during Allianz chairmanship, including organisation and preparation of CEOs meetings and briefings guiding those discussions.
Country Manager Group Taxation
Allianz SE
2011.09 - 2014.03
- Checking and analysing tax positions in the course of quarterly and annual closings.
- Development and implementation of planning and restructuring proposals to optimise the effective tax rate and cash tax provisions of the group.
Policy Advisor
Insurance Europe (European (Re)Insurance Federation)
2006.02 - 2011.06
- Advising the European Institutions, OECD and IMF on the outline of tax policies with special focus on Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA); VAT review for financial services.
Trainee
European Commission DG Regio
2006.03 - 2006.07
- Coordination of social and economic policies related to EU outermost regions.
Senior Tax Consultant
Deloitte
2002.01 - 2006.01
- Tax compliance; tax litigation; tax auditing and due diligence
- Corporate tax consulting focused on M&A, debt vs equity financing and tax reorganisations.
Education
LL.M. Master in Laws, Pass with Merit - Law
King's College University of London
London 2010.05 - 2011.06
Master in European Studies, Réussite avec grande distinction (16/20) - European Studies
Université Catholique De Louvain
Brussels 2008.01 - 2010.06
Graduation in Law, Bom (14/20) - Law
Universidade Lisboa
Lisbon 1997.10 - 2002.06
Skills
Project Planning
Problem-Solving
Influencing and negotiating
Cross-Functional Communication
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 16/10/1979
- Gender: Female
- Nationality: Portuguese
Digitalskills
Suite MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint) | Collaboration Tools (MS Teams, Zoom, Webex, Skype for Business).
Languages
Portuguese
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
French
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Spanish
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
German
Advanced (C1)
Additional Information
Admitted to the Portuguese Solicitors Authority in 2006.
Timeline
Senior Manager Regulatory Affairs - Conduct of Business
Allianz SE
2021.04 - Current
Senior Manager Regulatory Affairs
Allianz SE
2020.01 - 2021.03
Senior Expert Regulatory Affairs
Allianz SE
2014.01 - 2019.12
Country Manager Group Taxation
Allianz SE
2011.09 - 2014.03
LL.M. Master in Laws, Pass with Merit - Law
King's College University of London
2010.05 - 2011.06
Master in European Studies, Réussite avec grande distinction (16/20) - European Studies
Université Catholique De Louvain
2008.01 - 2010.06
Trainee
European Commission DG Regio
2006.03 - 2006.07
Policy Advisor
Insurance Europe (European (Re)Insurance Federation)
2006.02 - 2011.06
Senior Tax Consultant
Deloitte
2002.01 - 2006.01
Graduation in Law, Bom (14/20) - Law
Universidade Lisboa
1997.10 - 2002.06