Bernhard Klein Wassink

Bernhard Klein Wassink

Principal, Customer and Growth Solution Leader, Global Insurance Practice

Bernhard is a principal in EY’s Financial Services Office and is the Global Leader of EY’s Customer and Growth Solution for the insurance industry. This practice assists insurance carriers world-wide in transforming their sales, service and marketing operations. Previously, Bernhard was Chief Marketing Officer for a $100B division of a global financial institution, and oversaw commercial initiatives across 31 countries. For 25 years, Bernhard has led analytics and customer driven transformation programs in the financial services industry, delivering results in terms of customer acquisition, retention, product cross-sales and the efficacy of sales, service and marketing. Typical programs include digital channels, customer experience improvement and adopting distribution management and CRM practices and technologies. Bernhard holds an MBA from Wharton and a MS Finance from Erasmus University.