IPGL is a private holding company which focuses on partnering with experienced management teams to build fast growing businesses.
Over the past 20 years the group has had considerable success in building a range of financial services in the broking, fund management and insurance industries.
Sumitomo Life, operating since 1907, is one of the largest life insurance companies in Japan and provides a wide range of insurance products to 7 million individual customers.
Sumitomo Life has a US-based insurance subsidiary called Symetra, and has also expanded its operations overseas through strategic investments in China, Vietnam and Indonesia.
Aflac is principally involved in supplementary health & life insurance in the US and Japan. Aflac’s policies cover more than 50 million people worldwide and it provides voluntary insurance products to over 448,000 small businesses in the US. Aflac is the leading provider of medical & cancer insurance in Japan.
Aberdeen provides asset management services through a global network of offices. It manages assets for both institutions and private investors, with US$736 billion of assets under management as of 30 June 2018.
Aberdeen merged with Standard Life in 2017 to create one of the largest active fund managers in Europe.
Chairman
Formerly, Ray was with Standard Chartered Bank for more than 28 years. He served as CEO Singapore from 2009 until 2014, and Regional CEO (Southeast Asia) from 2007 to 2012. Other roles with Standard Chartered include CEO Americas, CEO UAE, CEO Indonesia, and CEO Taiwan.
Ray was awarded Distinguished Fellow by the Institute of Banking and Finance, Singapore, and is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors.
Deputy Chairman
Prior to establishing Singlife in 2014, Walter was CEO at HSBC Insurance Singapore from 2010 to 2014. He previously served as the company’s deputy CEO and chief actuary.
He was also a board member of HSBC Asset Management Singapore.
Singapore CEO
Nishit has over 30 years of experience in finance and executive management and has worked in Singapore, India, UK, Philippines and Thailand. He has held a variety of senior roles across the Asia Pacific region with Prudential, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Watson Wyatt.
Nishit holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Bombay University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in London and India.
TPG Board Rep, Non-Executive Director
His involvement with current and past TPG portfolio companies includes Apollo Towers, Myanmar Distillery Company, PropertyGuru, 8990 (Deca Homes), BFI Finance, Masan Group, Fairmont Raffles Hotels, Bank BTPN and CIMB.
Prior to TPG, Dominic worked in the Investment Banking Division of Credit Suisse First Boston in Melbourne.
Dominic holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Melbourne.
Aviva Board Rep, Non-Executive Director
Before joining Aviva in 2016, Chetan was at J.P. Morgan in Asia for six years. In his last role, he was Managing Director and Head of Southeast Asia and India Financial Institutions Group within the global investment bank based in Singapore.
Prior to that, Chetan spent more than 10 years at Citigroup based in London covering European financial institutions within the corporate and investment bank.
Sumitomo Life Board Rep, Non-Executive Director
He currently serves as General Manager of Sumitomo Life’s International Business Department and Director of Bao Viet Holdings.
IPGL Board Rep, Non-Executive Director
After a 20 year career in banking with Citibank, Chemical Bank and HSBC in senior trading roles he joined ICAP PLC in 1994 and served as COO until 2007.
He has previously served on several public boards and is currently a NED AA4+ PLC an aircraft leasing company
He is a founding partner of Castellain Capital LLP a fund management company.
Independent Non-Executive Director
She is also an INED at Open Learning (ASX: OLL), a publicly listed Edutech company in Australia. She brings over two decades of operating experience in technology and digital from companies such as Google, Samsung, Microsoft & Cisco in the United States and Asia Pacific. She serves as the President of TiE Singapore fostering the Entrepreneurship ecosystem in the region. Maya has an MBA from INSEAD.
Independent Non-Executive Director
He is also a Director at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Integrated Hospitals and Healthcare, Clifford Capital, Pierfront Mezzanine Capital, Keppel Infrastructure Holdings, and Fullerton India Credit Corp.
Independent Non-Executive Director
Prior to Khazanah, she was with Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey & Co. She also served with Lippo Bank in Indonesia, under secondment from Khazanah for two years.
Independent Non-Executive Director
Previously Chairman of GIC’s China Business Group and of Ascendas. Formerly President of GIC Special Investments, Deputy Managing Director of GIC, Deputy Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Independent Non-Executive Director
She was previously on the Board of Khazanah and AXA Affin General Insurance Berhad.
Prior to that, she was CEO of ING Malaysia Berhad, and thereafter Head of South Asia at ING Asia Pacific Ltd. and Head of Designated Markets & Health Asia at Metlife Asia.
Independent Non-Executive Director
For the two years preceding his retirement in 2015, Justin was Group Chief Risk Officer for Insurance Australia Group (IAG), Australia’s largest general Insurance business, with responsibility for all aspects of Risk Management across the group. Prior to this, from March 2006 to October 2013, Justin was Chief Executive Officer, Asia with responsibility for creating and managing IAG’s general and life insurance interests in Malaysia, Thailand, China, India, Vietnam, and Indonesia.
For the thirteen years prior to joining IAG Justin held senior executive and board positions within ANZ Banking Group’s (ANZ) Asian operations – including General Manager of the Bank’s Asia business – with responsibility for managing ANZ’s Asian branch network business in China, Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Prior to ANZ, Justin spent eleven years working in Australia for Citibank, Capel Court Investment Bank, and Chase-NBA in the disciplines of corporate finance, project finance, and treasury.
Justin is currently a non-executive director and Chairman of the Risk Committee of the Sydney-based Westpac Bank insurance entities. He is also the Chairman and director of the ASX-listed Nuchev Group of companies in Melbourne, and a non-executive director of Sydney-based Lawcover Insurance Pty Ltd.
Board Observer
Nadeem joined Aflac in 2004 and since then served in positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as senior vice president of Corporate Development and president of Empowered Benefits LLC.
Prior to joining Aflac, Nadeem held various leadership positions with Bristol-Myers Squibb, Siemens and Lucent Technologies. He was also the co-founder of a technology company. He currently serves on the boards of TTV Capital, Sensely, Better Business Bureau, Columbus Cricket Association and other nonprofit organizations.
Nadeem holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce with specialization in accounting and economics as well as a master’s in business administration.
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