At work with Sylvie Ouziel

Sylvie Ouziel, CEO at Allianz Global Assistance, provides Efma's Boris Plantier an overview of her average working day and outlines the benefits of not having an office.

Please tell us a little about your background

I was an engineer by training. I started with an internship at Rothschild where I was surrounded by engineers who wished they were working for ‘the real industry’! So I left and joined Andersen Consulting which was really where the action was – it was at the cusp of innovation, but didn’t require me to specialize in a specific industry or company. I asked to do ‘real industrial stuff’ so I ended up working in aerospace, automotive, pharmaceuticals and healthcare for 20 years at Andersen Consulting which became Accenture. I then joined Allianz, a client of mine, seven years ago and ran the Allianz IT and Operations shared services company for four years. I currently run the global Assistance business of Allianz and also Allianz partners for Asia Pacific (providing B2B2C a blend of services and insurance, high tech and high touch, to four ecosystems – motor and mobility, travel, health and connected life).