Sylvain Bouteille

Sylvain Bouteillé is Head of Specialty Insurance at AXA XL since August 2025. He was previously Head of Trade Credit for the Americas at AIG, the global insurance company. Prior to AIG, he worked more than 20 years at Swiss Re, one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance and insurance. In his last role, Sylvain was a Managing Director and a Member of the Global Business Management Committee of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions. Sylvain held various leadership positions at Swiss Re, including Head of Credit Risk Management NA and Head of Structured Credit Underwriting NA. Sylvain holds a MSc degree in Civil Engineering from ENTPE (France) and an MBA from INSEAD (France). He has been teaching Financial Statement Analysis and Credit Risk Management to graduate students at Queens College, City University of New York since 2011.