Jörg Schmidt becomes new Senior Vice President People at Element

He is the new Head of HR and Chief Representative at the Berlin-based insurtech. He starts in January.

HR strategist Jörg Schmidt is the new Senior Vice President People at Berlin-based insurtech Element. Schmidt will start in his new position in January and will then also be Chief Representative. He previously worked at Axa Germany for many years. There, as Group Head of HR, he was comprehensively responsible for the insurer's HR. Schmidt built up the employer brand and was responsible for the company's cultural change.

There was already a major change in Element's management in the summer. Astrid Stange joined the company in August as the new Co-CEO. She also previously worked at the Axa Group. "I am deeply convinced that technology and data are the most important business drivers for insurance companies today," she said at the time.

Element is a cloud-based insurtech that is certified by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bafin) as a primary insurer for property and casualty insurance. This allows the start-up, which was founded in 2017, to operate as an independent insurance company throughout Europe.