• Monday, September 17, 2018

  10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.: Panel: Healthcare Innovations

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Thomas Dijohn

Thomas Dijohn is an internationally recognized conference speaker known for his visionary and thought-provoking leadership He is currently the Vice-President Asia-Pacific at dacadoo, a leading Swiss technology company that has developed a unique and innovative digital health and lifestyle platform, with capabilities for detecting disease and calculating risk. In 2015 Thomas was on a 12 month secondment to Sanofi – the world’s 5th largest pharmaceutical company – as an Intrapreneur-in-Residence to develop and implement a clinical behavioral diagnostic tool for the management of people with chronic conditions and for prevention in general. Prior to dacadoo and Sanofi he worked with Innovation and New Business in industries such as Media, Broadcasting, Telecom, Managed Services, and Retail. He has worked and lived in Asia-Pacific for the last 20 years and holds an MBA from Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia).

• Monday, September 17, 2018

  10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.: Panel: Healthcare Innovations

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Maria Gil

Maria Gil serves as the Director of the Strategic Development Office for AXA Asian Markets, responsible for customer experience, innovation and health and wellbeing across Hong Kong, China, Japan, Philippines, Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia. Before joining AXA, Maria worked for a leading growth strategy consultancy developing customer experience, employee engagement and brand and marketing strategies. Maria has advised some of the world’s most well-respected organizations across the healthcare value chain, including Pfizer, Teva, Mayo Clinic, MD Anderson Cancer Center, MetLife and Cigna, along with leaders across industries such as P&G, Visa, and HP prior to joining AXA. She has been published in a variety of publications and is a recurring lecturer at NYU’s Stern School of Business in Brand and Marketing, and is Adjunct Faculty at Northwestern University at the Feinberg School of Medicine. Maria holds a Masters in Healthcare Administration from Columbia University.

• Tuesday, March 26, 2019

  1:43 p.m.: Concurrent Workshops

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Jonathan Goacher

Jonathan Goacher leads the corporate insurance practice in Asia for DWF LLP, an award-wining legal business with 27 offices across four continents and 2,800+ staff. He has over fifteen years of experience at leading international law firms, advising life and non-life insurers & reinsurers, insurance brokerages & agents, loss adjusters and other insurance organizations on how to start and conduct business in Asia. His practice deals with matters such as business establishment, joint ventures, public and private mergers & acquisitions, complex corporate reorganizations, capital and solvency requirements, portfolio transfers, reinsurance, currency controls, sanctions and regulation of cross-border insurance business. Jonathan began his legal career in the United Kingdom and he is also a licensed attorney in New York.

• Tuesday, March 26, 2019

  1:43 p.m.: Concurrent Workshops

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Dr. Jung Kee Hong

Dr. Jung Kee Hong is an active professional and academic in the field of marketing and business development of Bancassurance and Alternative Distribution Channels for Asian Financial Institutions. Based on 20 years experiences of working in the international financial services arena in New York, Seoul, Hong Kong, Taipei and Singapore, he has developed several insurance distribution partnerships among banks, automotive companies, retailers, and digital sales companies. He is also an author of academic books and articles for which he is frequently invited to various seminars as a panelist and lecturer. He has PhD in International Business from University of South Australia and M.B.A. in Financial Management from Pace University, Lubin School of Business in New York, U.S.A.

• Tuesday, March 26, 2019

  1:43 p.m.: Concurrent Workshops

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Paul Jones

Paul Jones has more than 26 years’ experience in the insurance industry, having worked in both the direct insurance and reinsurance industries in the UK, Singapore and Switzerland.  He is currently based in RGA’s Hong Kong Branch where he oversees the underwriting function across the Asian region, leveraging RGA’s strong technical expertise and further developing the company’s strategies related to underwriting risk management and value creation. Prior to joining RGA in 2014, Paul worked for Pacific Life Re, first as the Head of Underwriting and Claims in Singapore and later for Pacific Life Re’s UK operations. His career also includes nearly 10 years as the Head of Underwriting Asia, Life & Health for Swiss Re, based in Zurich, and two years as Director of Underwriting for Cigna’s Life, Accident & Health international business, based in Singapore. He is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and holds a Diploma in Life & Disability Underwriting with the Assurance Medical Society in the UK.

• Tuesday, March 26, 2019

  1:43 p.m.: Concurrent Workshops

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Josafat Timotius

Josafat Timotius is a seasoned IT executive with over 19 years of experience in managing enterprise-wide IT, in a wide spectrum of domains including the financial, FMCG, and telecommunications industries. An influential leader with strong business sense, he is resourceful in using strong analytical skills to manage situations of great complexity. In his current role at Sequis Life, he advises the Board of Directors on strategies and policies as they relate to IT applications, and the day to day operations of the IT Division, and provides direction and guidance in the selection, implementation and quality control of both software and hardware initiatives.

• Monday, September 17, 2018

  10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.: Panel: Healthcare Innovations

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Scott Montgomery

Scott is a passionate professional with an entrepreneurial track record that demonstrates vision and success over the past 15 years. Educated from New Zealand’s University of Otago, Scott has accrued experience across a range of clinical settings, workers compensation insurance and workplace health solutions - along the way co-developing Australia’s largest workplace wellbeing company to an 8-figure exit in 2012. With over 10 years’ experience as a business leader across Asia Pacific, Scott has designed and developed employee health improvement programs for most industries. Now spearheading WellteQ, Scott’s focus is engaging people to use health technology, and improving businesses with data analytics. In doing so, WellteQ is fast becoming a globally recognised leader of group wellness.

• Monday, September 17, 2018

  10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.: Panel: Healthcare Innovations

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Sheetal Patel, Ph.D.

Sheetal Patel is an Executive Director in the JAPAC region leading market access, advocacy and policy efforts across South East Asia and for the Bone Franchise regionally. Over the course of her 20+ year career in the Biopharmaceutical industry, Sheetal’s focus has been aimed at understanding how to align the value of innovative medicines with healthcare system needs and budgets around the globe. Since joining Amgen in 2009, Sheetal has served in a number of leadership roles including corporate initiatives focused on determining how to partner with payers in the ever-evolving healthcare landscape, heading key pricing strategy and operations capabilities, and demonstrating value of biologic therapies. Her prior experience includes strategy consulting for the pharmaceutical industry, and equity research analysis for the biotechnology sector at various investment firms. Sheetal holds a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of California - San Diego and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and B.S. in Molecular Biology from Vanderbilt University. 

• Tuesday, March 26, 2019

  1:43 p.m.: Insurance, ReBooted

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Simon Phipps

Simon is responsible for TDIs global development and business in Asia, as well as their blockchain lead. With over 25 years in insurance, Simon has deep industry and consulting experience, working in increasingly senior roles across Life, GI and Asset Management businesses in Europe and Asia, most recently as KPMGs lead partner for insurance advisory & digital innovation and, previously MD of Aviva, in Hong Kong. He is passionate about helping insurers engage more effectively with customers and, making insurance more relevant to more people, through technology.

• Tuesday, March 26, 2019

  1:43 p.m.: Driving Digital Disruption to Control Chaos

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Kartik Sakthivel, PhD, MS-IT/MS-CS, MBA, PGC-IQ

As chief information officer for LIMRA and LOMA, Kartik Sakthivel is responsible for developing the information technology strategic direction for the enterprise. In this capacity, he directs and manages computing and information technology policies, programs and schedules for business and enterprise systems, and manages information services to meet LIMRA and LOMA’s corporate goals and objectives.

An industry thought leader, he champions the use of technology to improve the revenue, profitability, and efficiency of the organization. Joining LIMRA and LOMA in 2017, Sakthivel has broad industry experience, most recently as director of technology at Liberty Mutual Insurance.

He holds a doctorate in Computer and Information Sciences with a focus on AI and Information Quality from University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems/Information Technology, as well as a Master of Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University.

• Tuesday, September 18, 2018

  9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: A Fit for Growth Organizational Transformation

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Dr. Chan-Cheong Siew

 Dr. Siew has more than 17 years of experience in designing and implementing large scale transformation programs for banks, sovereign wealth funds and Insurers in Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, India, UK and the US. He has extensive experience in advising c-suite executives on Growth Business Models, Lean Operation Models, Front to Back office redesigns, and differentiating via BPR, Fintech modifications and Customer Management improvements. While working out of the London office of Strategy& (formerly known as Booz & Company), Chan-Cheong successfully assisted numerous British and European global banks with their post 2008 global financial crisis transformations. He attained his MBA from London Business School and PhD from Southampton University, UK.

• Tuesday, March 26, 2019

  1:43 p.m.: Concurrent Workshops
• 1:43 p.m.: Concurrent Workshops

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Sutikno Sjarif

Sutikno Sjarif joined PT Zurich Topas Life in March 2017 as Chief Operating Officer & Chief Strategy Officer and was appointed as Director. He has more than 14 years of experience in the Life Insurance in Indonesia as Chief Operating Officer for AIA Financial Indonesia; Chief Operating Officer and Strategy for Manulife Indonesia before joining Zurich Topas Life. He started his career as trainee at Bank of America has also served as Chief Financial Officer and Business Planning Director for PT Pioneer Trading Company and Deputy Chief Finance Officer for Raja Garuda Mas. Within one year of joining Zurich Topas Life; Sutikno and his team has implemented eRecruitment, eTraining, STP and the first in Indonesia to introduce chatbot for Agency support. He had led Manulife Indonesia to the forefront in digitalization in Indonesia and Manulife Worldwide; The first to introduce BPM, integrated CRM, STP, SVOC, Sales Activity Management, and implementing the last stage of digital archiving that potentially gives Manulife Indonesia to be the first digital end to end company in Indonesia and Manulife Worldwide. Those outstanding contributions had brought him to the awards of Top IT & Telco Leadership and Best Corporate Practice for 2016 to Manulife, by The ITEC & The Minister of Communication & Informatics, in 2016.

• Tuesday, March 26, 2019

  1:43 p.m.: Concurrent Workshops
• 1:43 p.m.: Concurrent Workshops

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Mangesh Vaitla

Over 2+ decades of experience in Insurance domain across Asia, his expertise lies in successfully engaging with Insurers for their distribution transformation programs and digital initiatives. In recent years, he has championed various initiatives with the leading global insurers in Asia for Digital Distribution and Core Operational Process Transformations.
He has an engineering degree and is a post-graduate in management (Marketing).
As one of the Co-founder & Executive Directors of C2L BIZ, he is responsible for Sales & Marketing, Business Growth and Managing Customer Relationships. He is a speaker and thought leader in various industry fora and summits.

• Monday, September 17, 2018

  8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.: Conference Welcome & Opening Remarks

• Tuesday, September 18, 2018

  11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Panel: Profitable Growth in Emerging Markets

• Tuesday, March 26, 2019

  1:43 p.m.: Adjourn

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Ian J. Watts

Ian Watts leads the operations that help members companies in Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East achieve their business objectives. Prior to joining LIMRA and LOMA in 2013, Watts was Global COO at ACE Life International, where he was responsible for day-to-day operations and new business development. He has held CEO positions in India and China for AIG and AIA, and had extensive global experience in the UK, EMEA and Latin America.

• Tuesday, March 26, 2019

  1:43 p.m.: Concurrent Workshops

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Wahyu P. Wibowo

Wahyu P. Wibowo is a seasoned human resources professional who started his career as a high school classroom teacher before moving into the corporate world. Since that time he has more than 20 years of experience in various industries, with the majority of his career spent in banking and life insurance at both local and multi-nationals companies. Currently, Wahyu heads PRUuniversity, which serves over 277,000 agents and 2,000 employees over 161 cities in Indonesia. He has an MBA from Kontanz Applied Science, and has attended various programs including Executive Leadership Program in INSEAD.

• Tuesday, September 18, 2018

  11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Panel: Profitable Growth in Emerging Markets

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Clarence Wong

Clarence is the Chief Economist for Swiss Re in Asia. He is also the Asia Regional Head of Swiss Re Institute. He leads a team of researchers based in Hong Kong, Beijing and Bangalore to provide Swiss Re and other stakeholders with economic and insurance insights, as well as research on emerging risk landscape in Asia. At the same time, his team contributes to Swiss Re’s sigma, the regular insurance industry report that is considered a “must-read” for anyone interested in the sector. Clarence joined Swiss Re in early 1999 as a senior economist in the former Economic Research and Consulting department. Prior to that, he spent nine years at HSBC’s economic research department. Previously, he worked with Price Waterhouse in its management consulting arm, and in the R&D department of Hutchison Trading Ltd. Clarence has a Master degree in Economics from the University of Hong Kong.

• Tuesday, September 18, 2018

  9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.: The Importance of Culture

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Emily Woodward

Emily Woodward is a member of Spencer Stuart’s Financial Services, CFO and Legal, Compliance & Regulatory practices. She brings more than 15 years of executive search experience and global perspective to her work with organizations in Greater China, having worked and lived in Hong Kong, Thailand and United Kingdom.  Based in Hong Kong, Emily serves financial services clients in Greater China and globally. In addition to her deep industry knowledge, she has significant expertise in the areas of finance, legal, compliance and risk, and has helped banks and insurance companies find senior leaders in these functions.  Previously, Emily worked with clients as part of Spencer Stuart’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications Practice in London. Prior to joining Spencer Stuart, Emily worked with boutique executive search firms in London, where she focused on senior-level roles in the insurance, retail banking and technology industries. Emily earned her degree from Southampton University and speaks conversational Thai.

• Monday, September 17, 2018

  9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Opening Keynote: Organized Chaos

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Dominic Ziegler

Dominic Ziegler is the author of The Economist's “Banyan” column on Asian affairs, based in Hong Kong. Before that, he edited the magazine’s Asia pages out of London. From 2005 to 2009 he was its Tokyo bureau chief. He also served as China correspondent between 1994 and 2000, opening The Economist’s first mainland bureau in Beijing. He has been the magazine’s financial editor and its Washington correspondent. He is the author of “Black Dragon River” (2015), which is about the Amur, the longest river that most people have never heard of.