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Singapore

Lead Asia business for Aon Inpoint, building and managing high-performing 13-member team to drive over 10% annual growth by creating value engagements with 15 strategic clients.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES- Directly manage 2 pivotal client relationships and sponsor 12 key global clients.- Spearhead C-suite strategic engagements.- Provide management advisory.- Lead delivery of growth and innovation initiatives.- Supervise strategic long-term (5- to 10-year) APAC client relationships. - Champion best-in-class engagement framework.- Customize value propositions for clients.- Provide effective coaching of team members.SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS- Invited to strategy planning of a global reinsurance company, and successfully recommended 30% operating expenses reduction with new Target Operating Model that offshored back-office operations to Malaysia.- Increased reinsurance company’s penetration in 3 new markets by 20% by accessing new countries Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia with rejuvenated product suite and revised risk appetite.- Supported global insurance company’s Greater China growth strategy through credible articulation of its differentiated value proposition that elevated its engagement score with brokers by 10% and increased broker submission volumes by 30%. - Partnered with a Lloyd’s carrier to have its Board of Directors approve proposal for establishing 5-person staffed cybersecurity centre in Asia.

Singapore

Led sales and consulting for (re)insurance advisory practice across APAC with strong focus on North Asia (Korea, Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong). KEY RESPONSIBILITIES- Built strong relationships with carriers.- Established role as a trusted advisor.- Grew commercial relationships with 5 clients.- Catalyzed client-centric entrepreneurial culture. - Repivoted 10-member servicing team to be high-performing and growth-oriented.- Directly managed performance of 5 individuals. SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS- Built consultancy brand and capabilities to cultivate 10-15 prospects that resulted in new relationships.- Secured first 3 consulting projects from Korea (covering US market entry, Excess and Surplus (E&S) market, Managing General Agents (MGA) strategy, and Future of Insurance).- Acquired first operational restructuring consultancy project that created 30% efficiency gain for Lloyd’s carrier.

Singapore

Managed Re/View reinsurance consulting proposition for 5 APAC client relationships to drive their growth and articulate their value propositions. Developed strategic country and client initiatives for Aon Reinsurance in APAC, including delivering new propositions for Life, Cyber and Credit solutions.SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS- Advised Lloyd’s syndicate client with significant acquisition in APAC on integration plan that ensured alignment of strategic vision and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) between both firms.- Developed comprehensive roadmap for key global reinsurance partner to pursue 30% renewal business growth, incorporating risk appetite adjustments, targeted marketing, and APAC go to market strategy. - Delivered claims diagnostic project for Australian insurance company that identified USD2.5M of opportunities to reduce 25% leakage in its Home insurance portfolio. - Guided start-up Hong Kong-based reinsurance company on strategic initiatives that elevated its market share from third to largest in Asia within 3 years.- Create strategy and implementation plan for Japanese insurance company to set up reinsurance entity in Europe that now generates >USD100M in Gross Written Premium (GWP).

London, England, United Kingdom

Built data strategy consulting proposition from scratch to highly profitable business with USD12M recurring revenue. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES- Grew from 3- to 15-member high performing team within 3 years.- Directly managed USD6M client portfolio of institutional equity departments at global investment banks.- Provided relationship management, tailored analysis, and training to clients.SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS- Increased 10X average client spend by providing high-impact trusted advisory.- Designed and delivered complete business plan in 6 months for large Japanese bank to enter new institutional equity brokerage market across Asia.- Elevated global European Bank from third to top position in institutional equities market by redesigning its strategy to prioritize brokers and executing targeted campaigns.

London, England, United Kingdom

Established consultation business (for designing, building, and maintaining custom indices) from scratch amidst Global Financial Crisis to achieve USD2M revenue by farming existing clients and building partnerships.Advised managers of FTSE 100 funds to improve attractiveness of their funds through alpha creation, universe selection, liquidity screening, calculation, and capping methodology on benchmarks for Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) and investment funds.

London, England, United Kingdom

Led meetings with hedge fund managers on strategy, ideas generation, portfolio construction, and macro views. Successfully pitched 3 funds to the Investment Committee for USD5M inclusion in portfolio.

London, England, United Kingdom

Performed audits of Open-Ended Investment Companies (OEIC), unit trusts, and investment trusts to provide assurance on portfolio performance and valuation, and accuracy attestation of related investment balances.

Bsc (Hons), International Relations, Upper Second Class

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