Wanda Eriksen

Member of the Board of Directors
Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Risk Committee

Year of Birth and Nationality
1967 / Swiss and American

Professional history and education
Wanda Eriksen has many years of experience as a professional board member and in-depth expertise in the areas of finance and accounting, risk management and auditing, as well as relevant regulatory developments. 

She has been President of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Federal Audit Oversight Authority (FAOA) since 2018 and has served on its Board since 2016. Wanda Eriksen is also a member of the Board of Directors of AXA Switzerland, where she chairs the Audit Committee, and of Cembra Money Bank AG where she chairs the Audit and Risk Committee.

Her Board experience includes having served as a member of the Supervisory Board of J.P. Morgan SE (Frankfurt), where she chaired the Audit Committee and was a member of the Risk Committee. She was previously an audit partner at PwC where she began her career in New York and spent over twenty years in Zurich. 

She holds a Master's in Accounting from the University of Illinois, US, and is a Swiss Certified Accountant and a US Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

External mandates
Member of the Board, EFG Bank AG
Member of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee, AXA Switzerland (AXA Insurance Ltd. and AXA Life Ltd.)
Member of the Board, AXA-ARAG Legal Protection Ltd.
Member of the Board and Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee, Catlin Re Switzerland Ltd. (a subsidiary of the AXA Group)
Member of the Board and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee, Cembra Money Bank AG 
Chair of the Board of Directors, Swiss Federal Audit Oversight Authority (FAOA)