Prior to assuming his current role at Purpose for Insurance AG in early 2025, Kai served as Deputy Managing Director and Head of Research at the Geneva Association, the only global association of re/insurance CEOs. In this role, he also acted as Executive Director of the Global Reinsurance Forum, an advocacy body of leading CEOs. Kai continues to support the Geneva Association as a Senior Advisor focusing on financial inclusion and geo-economics, as well as network co-ordinator and moderator of its Chief Investment Officer Forum.

Kai began his re/insurance career as a Senior Economist at Swiss Re. He then moved to Hong Kong as the company’s first Chief Economist for the Asia-Pacific region, later returning to Zurich as Managing Director of Global Communications Content. Subsequently, he joined Converium (a global Top 10 reinsurer, later acquired by SCOR) as Head of Corporate Development and Communications/Investor Relations.

Kai holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Konstanz (Germany) and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). He is also a lifetime-appointed Research Fellow at Peking University.