Rainer Kirchgaessner
Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Development Officer
ACE Group
Rainer Kirchgaessner is Global Corporate Development Officer of ACE Group, a position he has held since joining the company in 2006. He is responsible for ACE’s strategic and acquisition-related efforts. Mr. Kirchgaessner’s areas of oversight include the identification and analysis of new business opportunities, potential acquisitions and alliance partners, as well as the ongoing review and development of the company’s strategy. He was appointed Senior Vice President, ACE Group, in March 2014.
Prior to joining ACE, Mr. Kirchgaessner was Director, Commercial Finance/Business Development/M&A for General Electric. From 2002 to 2005 he served as Director, Global Corporate Finance for Deutsche Bank, and from 1997 to 2002 as Vice President, Financial Advisory/M&A for J.P. Morgan in both London and New York. He was also a Principal at Capital Z Partners, a private equity fund in London. Mr. Kirchgaessner began his career as Insurance Expert for McKinsey & Company, where he worked from 1991 to 1996.
Mr. Kirchgaessner holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Henley Business School in England, and a Bachelor’s from Berufsakademie Karlsruhe in Germany.