Thomas Schindler
Chief Financial Officer
Thomas Schindler is Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Allianz Global Investors and a member of its Executive Committee. As CFO, Thomas is responsible for the firm’s financial steering and its governance functions, which include Legal, Compliance and Risk Management.
From 2019 until 2023, Thomas was Global General Counsel for AllianzGI, responsible for all legal and compliance-related matters globally, as well as for Risk Management team from 2020. He joined Allianz Global Investors in 2015 as General Counsel Europe and a member of the regional Executive Committee. Before this, Thomas started at Allianz Group in 2006 as Corporate Counsel at the Global Corporate Centre of Allianz Asset Management AG, and then became Head of the Executive Office. He began his career as an attorney with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in 2004.
Thomas is a fully qualified German lawyer with a law degree and a Ph.D. (Dr. jur.) from the University of Regensburg and holds a master’s degree in European and Comparative Law from the University of Oxford.
From 2019 until 2023, Thomas was Global General Counsel for AllianzGI, responsible for all legal and compliance-related matters globally, as well as for Risk Management team from 2020. He joined Allianz Global Investors in 2015 as General Counsel Europe and a member of the regional Executive Committee. Before this, Thomas started at Allianz Group in 2006 as Corporate Counsel at the Global Corporate Centre of Allianz Asset Management AG, and then became Head of the Executive Office. He began his career as an attorney with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in 2004.
Thomas is a fully qualified German lawyer with a law degree and a Ph.D. (Dr. jur.) from the University of Regensburg and holds a master’s degree in European and Comparative Law from the University of Oxford.