Lennard Y.

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Founding Management and Group CEO @ Ascentium
Singapore
Lennard Y.'s Location
Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, United States
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About Lennard Y.

Lennard is passionate about services sector especially in financial services and administration, globalization and corporate expansion. He is the Group CEO of Ascentium Global following a career break after being Group CEO of Tricor (Jan 2023) which enabled over 50,000 corporations to setup and operate their business in Asia Pacific and beyond. Tricor provided a range of corporate services including incorporations, accounting, HR services, corporate and private family trusts, compliance and risk management to enable corporations to expand and grow in a scalable way. As a former CFO who transitioned to an international CEO of a corporate solutions company, he understands the needs of the corporation’s middle office and how these solutions can better leverage their capabilities when operating regionally/globally. Prior to this, he has led and delivered on a number of business transformation as CEO in financial services. He is very adaptive and agile having worked and lived in different geographies, different corporate ownerships environment in private equity and public co cultures in Asia, US and UK/Europe. His global business experience covers more recently in Tricor corporate business solutions, international Trust and Corporate services industry. Between 1995 and 2017, he invested almost 23 years operating in, Insurance, Asset Management and Banking in Australia, Asia and in Europe for global multinational financial services - ING Group, MetLife, and FTLife and Tricor Group. In these companies he covered the local businesses management, regional, global roles and executed on corporate development initatives in setting up a USD 1bn joint-venture, various merger and acquisitions, and divestment of a USD 2bn company in 2012 which he led as CEO. Link to my recent public engagements at Tricor: https://www.tricorglobal.com/about/message-from-group-ceo/lennard-yong

Lennard Y.'s Current Company Details
Ascentium

Ascentium

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Founding Management and Group CEO
Singapore
Website:
ascentium.com
Employees:
673
Lennard Y. Work Experience Details
  • Ascentium
    Founding Management And Group Ceo
    Ascentium
    Singapore
  • Ascentium
    Founding Management & Group Ceo
    Ascentium Sep 2024 - Present
    Singapore, Sg
    Singapore, 24 September, 2024 – Ascentium, a new global business services platformbacked by Hillhouse Investment, today announced its official launch, the opening of itsSingapore headquarters, and the appointment of Lennard Yong as FoundingManagement and Group CEO. This milestone marks the culmination of an extraordinaryyear for Ascentium, which has consolidated 5 strategic corporate services acquisitions toform the foundation of its current enterprise in Asia Pacific.
  • Incorp Global
    Group Chairman
    Incorp Global Mar 2024 - Present
    Singapore, Singapore, Sg
  • Hillhouse Investment
    Senior Advisor
    Hillhouse Investment 2024 - Present
    Global, Sg
  • Yas Microinsurance
    Senior Advisor
    Yas Microinsurance Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
    Hong Kong, Hk
  • Clearwater Analytics
    Senior Advisor
    Clearwater Analytics May 2022 - Dec 2023
    Boise, Idaho, Us
    Clearwater is a life and investment management sector SaaS solutions for accounting and investment book of records.
  • Tricor Group
    Group Ceo
    Tricor Group Jan 2018 - Jan 2023
    Kowloon, Hong Kong, Hk
    Tricor Group is a conglomerate corporate solutions provider: assisting companies with their incorporation activities, accounting and tax services, payroll, share registrar and corporate trustee services. Regionally, Tricor has 2,800 people in 21 countries/jurisdictions (16 in Asia). The mission of Tricor is “Globalise Asia” by being Asia’s leading business expansion company. Tricor provides the building blocks for, and catalyses every stage of your business growth, from incorporation to IPO.
  • Ftlife Insurance Company Limited
    Regional Ceo / Ned Sep 2018
    Ftlife Insurance Company Limited Sep 2016 - Sep 2018
    Hong Kong, Hk
    FTLife Insurance Company Limited ("FTLife") is one of Hong Kong's largest and fastest growing life insurance companies in Hong Kong. (Acquired in 2015 for HKD 10.7bn; sold in 2018 for HKD 21.5bn)Lennard joined FTLife in Sept 2016 as Regional CEO to transform the former business known as Ageas Asia to a fast growing and vibrant life insurance corporation serving the outbound China and Hong Kong markets. He built a new leadership team, implemented strategies to develop competitive new products, strengthen distribution channels, enhanced business operations, as well as improve the company’s financial performance. In 3Q2017, FTLife achieved new records for new business sales which grew more than 25% year-on-year (while market decreased by 12%), with new business value up 57%, and profits after tax increased by more than 65% to nearly USD100m. At the same time, management expenses were lower and solvency improved to become more than 400% of the regulatory requirement. FTLife was named Benchmark WM Life Insurance Company of the Year in 2017. In late 2018, FTLife was successfully divested for HKD 21.5bn (up from HKD 10.7bn when purchased by JD Group in 2015) to NWS Holdings’ a diversified business portfolio focused on stable, long-term yielding assets in the infrastructure and service sectors, headquartered in Hong Kong.
  • Metlife
    Chief Executive Officer
    Metlife Jan 2014 - Sep 2016
    New York, Ny, Us
    During this time he built new distribution in agency, brokerage partners and established a digital online presence. These changes have attracted industry recognition and awards for our products, social media and digital marketing. After the three year growth program - MetLife in 2016 generated 3yr sales growth of 550% to become one of the fastest growing life insurance company in HK. In December 2015, MetLife Hong Kong was recognized by industry as the 2015 Life Insurance Company of the Year. In 2016, S&P rated MetLife Hong Kong’s financial strength at ‘A+’ (stable).
  • Ing Hong Kong
    Chief Executive Officer
    Ing Hong Kong Jan 2009 - Dec 2013
    Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl
    Mr. Yong was the CEO of ING Insurance Hong Kong & Macau, leading businesses: life insurance, general insurance, pensions and financial planning. Under his leadership, ING increased its market share with new business growing at double the market average, diversified its distribution and delivered double digit growth in its earnings. The gross business turnover was USD 1bn, with 400 staff, 1600 agents with 4 bank partners. In 2012, it was “Life Insurance Company of the Year”. In October 2012, the business was eventually sold to a private investor for USD 2bn and ING Group achieved a net profit on sale of USD 1.3bn. The sale was a record transaction for the HK market at a multiple at P/E 24x and 1.9x book value. In 2012, the company was awarded "2012 Life Insurance Company of the Year" by Benchmark Wealth Management. Its 4 year CAGR sales growth to 2012 was 36% against a market of 22%.(He commenced CFO in 2008 and was promoted to CEO in 2011). [after the acquisition Lennard performed a short stint with FWD Group the acquirer of ING Hong Kong for 6 months between July 2013 to December 2013]
  • Ing Group
    Last Role Cfo, Ing Hong Kong
    Ing Group Jan 1999 - Dec 2008
    Amsterdam Zuidoost, Nl
    The former ING Group (in 2007) was a Forbes Top 10 global company with Euro 1.3 trillion AuM across its global asset management, insurance and banking business with Euro 7.7bn earnings in 50 countries.Performed a number of finance roles which took me to Sydney, Hong Kong to Amsterdam. These responsibliities ranged from Head of Finance, Regional Controller, Chief of staff, and later as CFO for ING in Hong Kong in Nov 2008.
  • Westpac
    Various Roles In Commercial And Corporate Banking
    Westpac May 1995 - May 1999
    Sydney, Nsw, Au
    Commercial banking and institutional banking.

Lennard Y. Skills

Leadership General Insurance Asset Management Pensions Financial Services Life Insurance

Lennard Y. Education Details

  • Unsw
    Unsw
    Accounting
  • Harvard Business School
    Harvard Business School
    Organizational Leadership
  • Imd
    Imd
    Ing Group Corporate Program (2006 And 2007)

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Lennard Y. works for Ascentium

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Lennard Y.'s current role is Founding Management and Group CEO.

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