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Live webcast event highlights10 December 2024
The Asian Insurance Forum (AIF) is the annual flagship event of the Insurance Authority in Hong Kong. Taking place in a hybrid format, the AIF features discussions among leading players and experts in the insurance and financial markets, as well as the top authorities in Hong Kong and around the world. It provides an effective platform for local and overseas delegates from different segments of the insurance industry to share insights on development prospects and opportunities in the Asian insurance market.
EXPLORE AIF 2024In order of appearance
Mr Stephen YIU Kin-wah
JP
The Honourable John LEE Ka-chiu
GBM, SBS, PDSM, PMSM
Mr Jonathan DIXON
The Honourable Mrs Laura M. CHA
GBM, GBS, JP
Mr Jad ARISS
Mr Andrew MAIS
Mr Jeferino dos SANTOS
Ms Suzanne SMITH
Ms Luo Yanjun
Dr Stephen WONG Yuen-shan
Professor K C Chan
GBS, JP
Ms Fiona HARRIS
Ms Alpha Lau
Professor Frederick MA Si-hang
GBS, JP
Mr Anil WADHWANI
Professor Anna WONG Wai-kwan
Mr Andrew FUNG Hau-chung
SBS, JP, FIPA (Australia)
Mr Edward MONCREIFFE
Mr Philip WITHERINGTON
Mr CG ZHOU
Mr Clement CHEUNG Wan-ching
GBS, JP
Mr Clement LAU Chung-kin
Mr LEE Moung-mo
Mr Marty LUI Yu-kwok
Ms Maria TSUI Man-yee
Mr Alan WU Wai-kuen
Mr Jonathan DIXON
Mr Nicolas Colpaert
Professor Christine LOH Kung-wai
Ms Winnie WONG
Mr KWOK Kwok-chuen
Mr Colin POU
Ms Christina CHOI Fung-yee
The Hon Bernard Charnwut CHAN
Mr Laurence LI
Mr Stephen YIU Kin-wah
JP
Chairman
Insurance Authority
Mr Yiu took up the Chairmanship of the Insurance Authority (IA) since December 2021. He has been a member of the IA Board since its inception in 2015. Mr Yiu was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Mainland China and Hong Kong of KPMG, possessing in-depth knowledge on auditing large banking and financial corporations. He was also a government-appointed Director on the Board of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited. Mr Yiu has been actively promoting the financial services sector of Hong Kong and is currently a member of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee and a director of the Hong Kong Academy of Finance. He is also a government-appointed Board member of the Hong Kong Airport Authority.
The Honourable John LEE Ka-chiu
GBM, SBS, PDSM, PMSM
The Chief Executive
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Mr John Lee was born in 1957. He joined the Hong Kong Police Force
in 1977 as a Probationary Inspector of Police and was promoted to
Deputy Commissioner of Police in 2010. He served in a variety of
posts in the Force, including Assistant Commissioner (Crime),
Director of Crime and Security and Deputy Commissioner
(Management). He holds a Master's degree of Public Policy and
Administration from Charles Sturt University in Australia.
Mr Lee was appointed Under Secretary for Security in
2012 and Secretary for Security in 2017. During his service in the
Security Bureau, he was responsible for the formulation of
security policies covering law and order, immigration and customs
control, fire and emergency rescue services, correctional
services, government flying services and other areas. He also
oversaw and coordinated the work of six disciplined services
departments and two auxiliary forces under the Bureau.
Mr Lee was appointed Chief Secretary for
Administration in 2021. Apart from assisting the Chief Executive
in policy administration, Mr Lee was also responsible for
supervising the work of nine policy bureaux, harmonising the work
which straddled across different bureaux and departments, as well
as promoting a good relationship between the Executive Authorities
and the Legislature.
Mr Lee won the Chief Executive
Election of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on 8 May
2022, and was appointed as the sixth-term Chief Executive by the
Central People's Government on 20 May 2022. Mr Lee assumed office
on 1 July 2022.
Mr Jonathan DIXON
Secretary General
International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS)
Jonathan Dixon is Secretary General of the IAIS, with effect from
3 November 2017.
Prior to becoming Secretary General,
Mr Dixon had a long association with the IAIS, having been a
member of the IAIS Executive Committee since 2009 and Chair of its
Implementation Committee since 2012. He also chaired the Governing
Council of the Access to Insurance Initiative (A2ii), a joint
initiative of the IAIS and development partners aimed at
strengthening responsible and inclusive insurance.
Prior
to joining the IAIS, Mr Dixon was Deputy Executive Officer at the
Financial Services Board of South Africa, with responsibility for
insurance regulation and supervision. He was appointed to this
position by the Minister of Finance in 2008. Before that he worked
for 10 years for the National Treasury of South Africa on economic
and financial sector policy issues.
Mr Dixon has a
Master of Science in Economics from the London School of
Economics.
LinkedIn: @jonathandixon
The Honourable Mrs Laura M. CHA
GBM, GBS, JP
Senior Advisor to the Board
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
Mrs Laura M. Cha is Senior Advisor to the Board of Hong Kong
Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (“HKEX”), where she served as Chairman
from April 2018 to April 2024. She is also Chairman of HKEX’s
International Advisory Council and Mainland China Advisory
Group.
Mrs Cha currently serves as an Independent
Non-Executive Director of Ant Group Co. Ltd. and is a member of
the Hong Kong-United States Business Council. She is a director of
the board of the Bretton Woods Committee in Washington, a trustee
of the Rockefeller Foundation, and a member of Sotheby’s
International Advisory Board. In addition, she is Vice Chairman of
the International Advisory Council of the China Securities
Regulatory Commission.
Mrs Cha became the first, and
to-date, the only person outside Mainland China to join the
Central Government of the People’s Republic of China at the
vice-ministerial rank when she was appointed as Vice Chairman of
the China Securities Regulatory Commission (“CSRC”) in January
2001. She served in that position until 2004. Prior to that, Mrs
Cha practiced law in the US and in Hong Kong. She worked her way
through the ranks at the Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”)
in Hong Kong from 1991 to 2000, becoming its Deputy Chairman in
1998.
Mr Jad ARISS
Managing Director
Geneva Association
Jad Ariss was appointed Managing Director of The Geneva
Association by its Board of Directors, effective 1 March 2019.
Before The Geneva Association, Jad spent 24 years with
AXA Group, most recently as Head of Public Affairs and Corporate
Responsibility. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of AXA Middle East & Africa, leading the company’s
operations across 14 countries. Jad joined AXA in 1995 as Chief
Financial Officer of AXA Global Risks. In 1999, he became Group
Head of Investor Relations. From 2001-2015 Jad worked for AXA
France in several leadership roles, including Corporate Secretary,
Human Resources Director, CEO of AXA Entreprises (AXA France’s
division for commercial lines) and Deputy CEO of AXA France.
Jad started his career as a consultant at McKinsey &
Company, where he specialized in financial services. He is a
graduate of the HEC Business School in France and holds an MBA
degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr Andrew MAIS
President
National Association of Insurance Commissioners, USA
Vice Chair, Executive Committee
International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS)
Andrew N. Mais, Connecticut’s 33rd Insurance Commissioner serves
as the 2024 National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
President. Mais also serves on various NAIC and International
Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) committees and task
forces.
Mais has led discussions in several forums on
race, diversity, and inclusion at the state level and within the
insurance industry and in insurance practices.
Mais
previously was a member of Deloitte’s Center for Financial
Services. Prior to that, he was a Director at the New York State
Insurance Department.
Mais has dedicated much of his
life to public service including serving on numerous councils in
his hometown of Wilton, Connecticut.
Mr Jeferino dos SANTOS
Chief Actuary
Bermuda Monetary Authority
Jeferino dos Santos is the Chief Actuary at the Bermuda Monetary
Authority (BMA), since 2022. He leads a team that provides P&C and
Life actuarial support to the BMA.
Prior to his current
role, Jeferino was the Deputy Director for the P&C Actuarial. He
joined the BMA in 2015.
Jeferino is a member of the
Capital, Solvency & Field Testing Working Group at the
International Association of Insurance Supervisors and leads the
workstream for Internal Models for the Insurance Capital
Standard.
Previously, Jeferino worked at AXA
Mediterranean and Latin America from 2010 to 2015. He was the Head
of P&C Risk Modelling (2000-2010) and subsequently worked as Head
of Reserving (2014-2015).
Jeferino began his career at
Allianz Portugal (2000-2010) as an Actuary, where he was
responsible for Reserving, Capital modelling, ALM, and
Reinsurance.
He has also been a guest lecturer for
post-graduate programmes in Portugal and Spain.
Ms Suzanne SMITH
Executive Board Member
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
Member, Executive Committee
International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS)
Suzanne Smith was appointed Executive Board Member of Australian
Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) on 31 October 2022,
responsible for the general insurance, life insurance and private
health insurance sectors.
She joined APRA in March 2019
initially as General Manager for Superannuation and then Executive
General Manager for the Specialised Institutions Division. In
December of that year, she was promoted into the Executive
Director role with responsibility for the prudential supervision
of superannuation funds licensed under the Superannuation Industry
(Superannuation) Act 1993.
Prior to joining APRA,
Suzanne’s career included senior roles across the superannuation
and financial services industry in areas including life insurance,
funds management, asset servicing, alternative investments,
wholesale banking and property.
Immediately prior to
joining APRA, Suzanne held the role of Chief Customer Officer
Group Insurance at MLC Life Insurance. She has also held several
senior roles within NAB, including acting as a director and
Chairman of a NAB Subsidiary Board from 2011 to 2015.
Suzanne
holds a Bachelor of Business with distinction (Property), a
Masters of Applied Finance, and is a graduate of the Australian
Institute of Company Directors.
Ms Luo Yanjun
Director-General, Personal Insurance Supervision Department
National Financial Regulatory Administration
(Biography in Chinese only)
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Dr Stephen WONG Yuen-shan
Head, Chief Executive’s Policy Unit
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Dr Stephen Wong Yuen-shan is currently Head of the Chief
Executive’s Policy Unit.
He was previously Our Hong
Kong Foundation (OHKF)’s Senior Vice President and Executive
Director of Public Policy Institute and a member of the
Legislative Council.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts in
Economics from the University of Chicago, Master of Arts from Yale
University, and Doctor of the Public Administration from the
University of Hong Kong. He held managerial roles with several
global financial institutions, including as Executive Director at
UBS (London) and Managing Director at Royal Bank of Scotland
(Asia).
He held a number of public service positions,
including member of the Board of the Financial Services
Development Council and the Urban Renewal Authority.
Professor K C Chan
GBS, JP
Chairman
WeLab Bank
Professor Chan is the Chairman of WeLab Bank and Senior Advisor of
WeLab, a leading fintech company in Asia with one of the first
virtual banks established in Hong Kong.
Professor Chan
was appointed as Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury
of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
from July 2007 to June 2017. Prior to that, he was Dean of
Business and Management in the Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology (HKUST). He is currently Adjunct Professor at HKUST
Business School.
Professor Chan received his
bachelor's degree in economics from Wesleyan University and his
M.B.A. and Ph.D. in finance from the University of Chicago. He
specialised in assets pricing, evaluation of trading strategies
and market efficiency and has published numerous articles on these
topics.
In the past, Professor Chan held a number of
public service positions including Chairman of the Consumer
Council, Director of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange, member of
Competition Commission, Non-Executive Director of The Hong Kong
Mortgage Corporation Limited, and Member of the Commission on
Strategic Development, Commission on Poverty, the Exchange Fund
Advisory Committee, the Hang Seng Index Advisory Committee, and
the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation.
Ms Fiona HARRIS
Managing Director
Bupa Hong Kong
Fiona Harris joined as the Managing Director of Bupa Hong Kong in
October 2023, bringing with her over 30 years’ experience in
healthcare and health insurance.
In her role, Fiona
leads Bupa Hong Kong to deliver Connected Care, bringing together
health insurance and health services as one team, purely dedicated
to support every customer to achieve their best health outcome. As
the only specialist health insurer owning an extensive network of
clinics, diagnostic and imaging centres, and a laboratory, she is
focused on ensuring the customer experience is seamless and
supported digitally through Blua Health, Bupa’s leading healthcare
app.
Prior to this role, Fiona was the Chief Finance
Officer, Bupa Insurance Limited, Bupa’s UK Domestic and
International Health Insurer. She has an exceptional record in
transformation and commercial leadership. She has held senior
leadership roles across Bupa’s UK insurance businesses and Bupa’s
corporate centre.
Prior to the move to Hong Kong, Fiona
was an executive member of the Bupa Insurance Limited Board and
Chair of the Investment Committee. She was also joint Chair of the
Association of British Insurers Health and Protection Committee
and a Director of the Bupa Pension Scheme Trustee.
Fiona
has a graduate diploma in Statistics with Economics and
Econometrics from The Royal Statistical Society. She is a
Non-executive Director of Lockton Companies LLP in the UK.
Ms Alpha Lau
Director-General of Investment Promotion, Invest Hong Kong
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Ms Alpha Lau has been Director-General of Invest Hong Kong, the
government department responsible for attracting and facilitating
direct investment into Hong Kong, since November 2023.
She
serves on the government’s Trade and Industry Advisory Board,
International Business Committee, Expert Advisory Group on Legal
and Dispute Resolution Services, Air Silk Road Task Force, Hong
Kong Maritime and Port Board, Market Development Committee of the
Financial Services Development Council, Task Force on Promoting
and Branding Hong Kong, Mega Events Coordination Group, Task Force
on Promoting Web3 Development, and on the Task Force on External
Relations.
Prior to joining the government, Ms Lau held
various senior roles in multinational and Chinese financial
institutions, with experience in personal wealth and corporate
coverage, risk management, FinTech, transactional banking and M&A
project management.
Ms Lau holds Bachelor and Master
(Hon.) Degrees in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the
University of Oxford, and a Certificate in further education from
Tsinghua University, Beijing.
Professor Frederick MA Si-hang
GBS, JP
Chairman
FWD Group Holdings Limited
Professor Ma was born and educated in Hong Kong. He graduated with
a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the University of Hong
Kong in 1973 majoring in economics and history. Since graduation,
he had taken up different major positions of various local and
overseas banks, financial institutions and major companies,
including Chase Manhattan Bank, Royal Bank of Canada Dominion
Securities, Kumagai Gumi (HK) Limited, JP Morgan Chase and Pacific
Century Cyberworks Limited. He has rich experience in banking and
financial sector.
In 2002, he joined the Hong Kong SAR
Government as the Secretary for Financial Services and the
Treasury and assumed the post of Secretary for Commerce and
Economic Development in 2007. He resigned from the Government in
July 2008 due to medical reasons.
Professor Ma is the
Chairman of FWD Group Holdings Limited, and was the former
Chairman of MTR Corporation Limited. He is currently an
Independent Non-Executive Director of Bank of China (Hong Kong)
Limited, COSCO Shipping Holdings Co., Ltd. and Unicorn II Holdings
Limited. He is also a member of the International Advisory Council
of China Investment Corporation and Investcorp.
Since
2011, Professor Ma is a Permanent Honourable President of Hong
Kong Special Schools Council. He is also an Honorary Professor of
the Business School at the University of Hong Kong and the Faculty
of Business Administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
He was conferred the Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences by Lingnan
University and City University of Hong Kong in 2014 and 2016
respectively. From 2017 – 2020, he was the Council Chairman of The
Education University of Hong Kong.
In March 2023,
Professor Ma was appointed as a member of the Chief Executive’s
Council of Advisers. He was awarded a Gold Bauhinia Star in 2009
and appointed a Justice of the Peace in 2010.
Mr Anil WADHWANI
Chief Executive Officer
Prudential plc
Anil is a global financial services leader with more than 30
years' experience, predominantly in Asia, combining strategic
vision and execution in some of the world's biggest companies.
Prior to joining Prudential, Anil served as President
and CEO of Manulife Asia where he successfully grew and
transformed its diversified and multi-channel business with
significant market share gains in many key markets and made it the
company’s largest source of core earnings. Prior to this, he spent
25 years with Citi in Asia Pacific, EMEA and the US, in a number
of consumer financial services roles.
Anil holds a
Master’s Degree in Management Studies from the Somaiya Institute
of Management Studies and a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from the
Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics.
Professor Anna WONG Wai-kwan
Non-Executive Director
Insurance Authority
Professor Wong is a Professor of Practice in Finance at the University of Hong Kong, delivering courses on financial regulation, compliance and risk management. She is currently an Independent Non-executive Director of The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited and the MTR Corporation Limited, and a member of the Competition Commission. She has held senior roles in several global financial institutions and is a former member of the Advisory Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission.
Mr Andrew FUNG Hau-chung
SBS, JP, FIPA (Australia)
Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer
Henderson Land Development Company Limited
Chief Strategy Officer
Full Vision Capital
Mr Andrew FUNG Hau-chung has been the Chief Financial Officer of Henderson Land Development Company Limited (HLD) since 2017 and an Executive Director of HLD since 2020. He is also a non-executive director of The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited, a listed company. He holds the Bachelor of Arts Degree from The University of Hong Kong and the Honorary Fellowship awarded by Lingnan University. He was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2024. Mr Fung served as an executive director and the Head of Global Banking and Markets of Hang Seng Bank Limited, a listed company, before he stepped down from such positions in July 2017. He has been engaged in the banking industry since graduation, serving at Societe Generale, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Hong Kong Branch and DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited. He has 42 years of experience in banking, capital markets and asset management. He is the Professor of Practice (Finance) in the School of Accounting and Finance of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the Adjunct Professor of The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong and a member of the school management committee of Buddhist Tai Hung College. Mr Fung is currently a member of the Court of The University of Hong Kong, a trustee of The D.H. Chen Foundation, a member of the Cantonese Opera Advisory Committee and the Cantonese Opera Development Fund Advisory Committee, a member of the Banking Review Tribunal, a board member of The Community Chest of Hong Kong and a non-executive director of the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council. Mr Fung had previously been a board member of the Hospital Authority, a board member of the Airport Authority Hong Kong, a director of The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited, an associate member of the Central Policy Unit of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, a lay council member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a client representative director of OTC Clearing Hong Kong Limited and the chairman of the Hospital Governing Committee of Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital.
Mr Edward MONCREIFFE
Chief Executive Officer, Global Insurance
HSBC Holdings plc
Edward (Ed) Moncreiffe is Chief Executive Officer, Global
Insurance. Based in Hong Kong, he oversees the HSBC Group’s
insurance business, with life insurance companies in Hong Kong,
Macau, mainland China, Singapore, India*, France, UK, Malta,
Bermuda, Mexico and Argentina, as well as insurance distribution
units in 27 markets.
Ed has been with the HSBC Group
for 18 years during which time he has held a number of leadership
roles, including Head of Life and Pensions Brazil, Global Head of
Retail Insurance and Global Head of Insurance Strategic
Partnership. Prior to his current role, Ed was Chief Executive
Officer of HSBC Life Hong Kong and Macau for 7 years.
Outside
of HSBC, Ed continues to play an active role in the local business
community and in promoting Hong Kong and Asia on the global stage.
He is the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Matilda
International Hospital, and a former Chairman of the Hong Kong
Federation of Insurers (HKFI) and the City Mental Health Alliance
(CMHA). Ed represents Asia-Pacific on the Executive Council of the
International Insurance Society (IIS) and previously represented
Asia-Pacific on the Board of the United Nations Environment
Programme Principles for Sustainable Insurance (UNEP PSI).
He holds a BA (Hons) from University of Durham, UK and
a MBA (Hons) from University of Chicago Booth School, USA. Ed is
also a Chartered Insurer of the Chartered Insurance Institute
(CII) and sits on the Executive Council of the International
Insurance Society (IIS).
*Through the joint venture, Canara HSBC Life Insurance
Mr Philip WITHERINGTON
President and Chief Executive Officer
Manulife Asia
Phil Witherington is President & Chief Executive Officer of
Manulife Asia and has been a member of Manulife’s Executive
Leadership Team since 2018. He oversees Manulife’s fast-growing
Asia franchise, which includes operations in Hong Kong and Macau,
mainland China, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, the
Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Myanmar.
Before
his current role, Phil served as Chief Financial Officer at
Manulife starting in 2018 where he managed the company’s global
financial affairs, and successfully led the implementation of IFRS
17 and IFRS 9. Phil joined Manulife in 2014 as Chief Financial
Officer of Manulife Asia and served as its Interim President &
Chief Executive Officer in 2017.
With over 25 years of
experience in insurance and financial services, Phil has worked in
both developed and emerging markets within Asia and globally.
Prior to joining Manulife, he led finance for the Retail Banking
and Wealth Management business at HSBC in Asia Pacific and served
as the Deputy Regional Chief Financial Officer for its Asian
insurance businesses. He was also Vice President of Finance at
AIA, in Hong Kong and spent a decade with KPMG in London and Hong
Kong, specializing in financial services audit and advisory
services, focusing particularly on life insurance clients.
Phil
holds an Executive MBA jointly awarded by the University of
Edinburgh Management School (United Kingdom) and the École
Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Paris, France). He is a Fellow
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (FCA)
and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
(FCPA).
Mr CG ZHOU
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
CPIC Investment Management (HK) Company Limited
Mr Zhou serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of CPIC Investment Management (HK), the international investment arm of China Pacific Insurance Group. Since founding the firm in 2018, he has adeptly transformed it into a prominent asset manager, excelling in both traditional financial markets and digital assets. With over two decades of experience in investment banking and asset management, Mr Zhou has held notable prior positions, including Head of China Business Development at PIMCO, Managing Director at Standard Chartered Bank, and Executive Director at Goldman Sachs.
Mr Clement CHEUNG Wan-ching
GBS, JP
Chief Executive Officer
Insurance Authority
Mr Cheung has been serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the
Insurance Authority since August 2018 after retirement from the
Administrative Service. Senior positions that he held in the
Government include Commissioner of Insurance (2006-2009),
Postmaster General (2009-2011), Commissioner of Customs and Excise
(2011-2015), and Secretary for the Civil Service (2015-2017).
At
the global and regional levels, Mr Cheung is a member of the
Executive Committee of the International Association of Insurance
Supervisors and Chair of its Audit and Risk Committee, an
incumbent member and former Chairman of the Asian Forum of
Insurance Regulators (2018-2023), as well as a member of the
Professional Advisory Board set up by the Asian Institute of
International Financial Law at the University of Hong Kong.
Mr Clement LAU Chung-kin
Executive Director,
Policy and Legislation
Insurance Authority
Mr Lau has over 20 years of experience in public administration
and financial regulation. Before joining the Insurance Authority
in January 2024, he had held senior positions in the Hong Kong
Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Government of the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Mr Lau took charge of
various subject matters including monetary management, financial
stability, retail payment regulation, offshore renminbi business
as well as corporate development while he was with the HKMA. His
service as an Administrative Officer in the HKSAR Government
covered a wide range of policy areas including health and welfare,
district administration, higher education, transport and
tourism.
Mr Lau holds a bachelor's degree in finance
and a master's degree in economics, both from The University of
Hong Kong.
Mr LEE Moung-mo
Executive Director,
General Business
Insurance Authority
Mr Lee joined the Insurance Authority (IA) as Associate Director
of the General Business Division in May 2018. Prior to this, he
worked in a credit rating agency for 17 years being responsible
for the ratings assigned in Asia. While he was working in the
credit rating agency, he was a frequent speaker and panelist to
many insurance conferences and seminars. Mr Lee has deep knowledge
of different financial markets in Asia and a strong passion for
realising the social value of insurance. He received his
bachelor’s degree in economics from Chung Ang University and his
master’s in economics from Seoul National University.
Mr
Lee is also heading up the Technical Expert Team in the IA.
Mr Marty LUI Yu-kwok
Executive Director,
Long Term Business
Insurance Authority
Mr Lui joined the Insurance Authority in 2017. He has over 25
years of experience in the field of insurance and retirement fund
supervision. He started his career as a regulator in 1995 with the
then Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) supervising
property and casualty insurers. He subsequently joined the newly
established Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) in
1999 and held various positions within the MPFA for nine years
including supervision of retirement pooled funds, investment
regulation, and policy development work. Before he rejoined the
OCI in 2010 to take up international liaison duties, he held a
compliance role with an international life insurer.
Mr
Lui holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology. He is a CFA
Charterholder and a Fellow of the ACCA.
Ms Maria TSUI Man-yee
Head of Enforcement
Insurance Authority
Ms Tsui joined the Insurance Authority as a Senior Legal Counsel
in April 2019 before being appointed as the Head of Enforcement in
April 2021 where she oversees all enforcement related matters.
Prior to this, she has worked at international and local law firms
in Hong Kong and overseas, insurance company and the HKEX.
Ms
Tsui is a qualified solicitor having gained international and
local legal experience on insurance and contentious matters.
Mr Alan WU Wai-kuen
Acting Head of Conduct Supervision
Insurance Authority
Mr Wu is an Associate Director in the Conduct Supervision Division of the Insurance Authority (IA). He assisted in implementing the regulatory regime for insurance intermediaries and formulating the conduct supervisory framework for insurers. Before joining the IA in 2017, Mr Wu has worked with the former Officer of the Commission of Insurance for more than 5 years. Prior to this, he was an auditor working for an international accounting firm in which he specialized in providing assurance services to insurance sector.
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