Octium Group continues to grow. Our Sales Team has been further strengthened by two additional professionals

Following on the communication in October about the incorporation of Octium International Insurance Agent, which has been enthusiastically welcomed by our Business Partners due to inevitable benefits it brings, we are now pleased to inform you that the Sales team has been further strengthened by two additional professionals, namely:

Francesco Camerlingo, who joins as Group Head of Sales & Business Development and Member of the Octium Group Executive Committee.

Francesco is a fully qualified Italian lawyer and holds an LL.M. in Economics and Business Law, with a long standing career in International Law Firms and Institutions, such as Allen&Overy and Hogan Lovells in Milan, as well as International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation in Amsterdam. In 2011 Francesco joined Swiss Life Global Solutions as Wealth Planner. He was then appointed Head of Sales Switzerland in 2014 and in 2016 Head of Sales Europe South & East.

Volkan Morel, who joins as Sales Director for Turkey and International Solutions.

Volkan has over 30 years’ experience in the banking and insurance industry covering different positions. He started his carrier at BSI-Banca della Svizzera Italiana and was later engaged as Investment Solution Manager and Senior Sales Professional at UBS Global Asset Management. Moving to the Wealth Management division, Volkan was leading the Turkish Desk both at UBS and Clariden Leu Private Bank in Zurich and later developed the Turkish Market at Banque International à Luxembourg in Switzerland. In 2015 Volkan moved to the insurance industry and joined Swiss Life Global Solutions, where he worked as Sales Director for the Turkish Market.