Managing Director, Bupa Health Insurance (Thailand) Public Company Limited
Ben Assanasen is a strategic operator who is driven by practical commercial outcomes. He is experienced in developing business strategy, reengineering operations, leading organizational change and building high performance teams. Ben is currently responsible for growing Bupa Thailand’s business with an aligned focus on providing a valuable customer experience that supports healthy living. Ben joined Bupa in April 2015 from Aegon, where he led its profitable development and strategic growth as CEO. Prior to this he was responsible for insurance advisory throughout the Asia Pacific region for Ernst & Young, and was formerly Chief Operations Officer for ACE Life Assurance, based in Bangkok. He formerly worked at American International Group (AIG), where he held a number of senior strategy roles, including vice president of their accident and health Insurance in the Asia Pacific region.
Roderick Haire joined Asia Carbon Search (an independent leadership search and advisor firm) in 2010 and is based in Hong Kong. He is responsible for building the firm’s Asia Pacific Insurance Practice as well as executing senior level assignments across the broader financial services spectrum. Rod previously served as a senior client partner at Korn/Ferry International, where he led their Asia Pacific Insurance Practice and conducted senior level assignments in the banking and fund management sectors. Prior to joining the executive search industry, Rod spent 25 years in banking and insurance, working at the CEO level and in other senior international roles across Asia, the UK, and the Middle East for global insurers. Has lived and worked in Bahrain, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, and Vietnam over the course of his career.
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Engaging Employees: Improving the Bottom Line
, Ph.D., FLMI, FFSI, ACS
AVP, Learning Product Management, Education and Training
Kevin is responsible for consulting with clients about their employee education and development needs, and also conducts LOMA’s Insurance Immersion program. Prior to this role, Kevin was responsible for leading LOMA’s instructor-led training programs. He has also worked on the association’s textbook-based educational projects, including Life and Health Insurance Marketing and Personal Financial Planning. Before joining LOMA in 2007, Kevin worked in the fields of counseling and ministry. He brings more than 25 years of experience as a group facilitator and instructor to the Insurance Immersion program. Kevin earned a B.A. degree from Furman University and holds Master’s and Doctor’s degrees in counseling.
For the past 18 years, Kimmo Kolari has been supporting B2C organizations throughout Europe and the Asia-Pacific region to deliver excellent customer communications, enhance customer experience, and drive efficiencies both in operational and marketing communication areas. Since joining Fuji Xerox Global Services in 2006, he has developed service offerings and improved end-customer communications for prominent banking and insurance institutions as well as house-hold names in the fast-moving consumer goods sector.
Open and Distance Learning Consultant & Author of Distance and Blended Learning in Asia
Colin Latchem is a highly regarded open- and distance-learning expert
who helps organizations transform learning and development. He has over 30 years
of experience leading and managing educational technology and educational
change. In addition to his consultancy, Colin is the Asia-Pacific Corresponding
Editor for the British Journal of Educational Technology, an Associate
Editor of Distance Education, and a program tutor. He has been a
professor, served on the Academic Programs Board of the Open Learning Australia
consortium, and was national president of the Open and Distance Learning
Association of Australia (ODLAA). Colin has authored several books, including
Using ICTs and Blended Learning in Transforming TEVT; Distance and Blended
Learning in Asia; Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Distance
Education; and Leadership for 21st Century Learning. His book on
leadership received the 2002 Mildred B. and Charles A. Wedemeyer Excellence in
Distance Education Award.
Sang Hui Lee joined the AIA group 23 years ago, where he has worked in various roles and countries including Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, and Thailand. He currently leads their Product Strategy, Marketing, Project Management Office, Unit Linked Business, and Vitality Projects in Thailand. He transferred to AIA Thailand in April 2011 as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Committee member. Mr. Lee previously spent 14 years with AIA Korea in key c-level roles, including Chief Investment Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Deputy CEO from 1997-2007, and CEO from 2007 to 2011. Under his leadership, AIA Korea implemented and expanded its multi-distribution platform. Mr. Lee joined the group in 1992 with ALICO Japan (now Met Life) and transferred to Hong Kong as Portfolio Manager in 1994 specializing in Korean investments.
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm: Closing Keynote: Creating a Culture of Innovation
Sam McNeill, B.Mus.
Creative Director, SongDivision
Sam McNeill is one of Australia's most in demand young keynote speakers and facilitators. At just 30, he has delivered more than 300 keynotes, team-building workshops, gala awards evenings, and product launches in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the USA. He is no stranger to the stage, having spent 5 years with Opera Australia in his youth. Other career highlights include performing at the Sydney Olympic Opening Ceremony and touring with performers such as Jimmy Barnes and Marsha Hines. Sam's professionalism and energy have led him to work with many of the best-known companies on the planet, including Coca-Cola, Fujitsu, HP, Microsoft, Spotify, and Virgin. He earned his Bachelor of Music Studies (majoring in classical voice) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Chief Marketing Officer, Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd.
As CMO, Deepali Naair leads the company’s brand, digital, analytics, e-commerce, and inventory sales. She is also a member of the Group Mahindra Sales & Marketing Academy, where she leads digital marketing training for Mahindra Group. Before joining Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India, Deepali was a marketing executive in the telecom, fast-moving consumer goods, and financial services industries at companies including L&T Insurance, HSBC Asset Management, BPL Mobile, and Marico. Forums throughout India and around the world have invited her to share her enthusiasm for digital marketing at numerous conferences and meetings. She has also been a jury member numerous times for AdClub’s EMVIES, EFFIES, and ABBYs; IAMAI Digital awards; and DMAi awards. In 2015, Deepali was awarded the DMAi’s Content Marketer of the Year award. She is a guest faculty at SPJain Institute of Management and Research and a keen social media advocate and participant.
10:00 am - 11:00 am: Strategic Succession Planning for Sustainable Growth
, MBA, Ph.D.
Representative Director
Hyung joined Mercer in 2005 as the leader of mutlinational practices, and became Market Leader and Representative Director of Mercer Korea in 2007. Hyung leads the advisory services for Korean multinational holding companies and group corporate strategy planning centers of Korean conglomerates. His focus is on human-captial related strategies, including those related to cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Before joining Mercer, Hyung was a senior consultant for Korean conglomerates at Anderson Business Consulting. Previously, he was a senior business analsyt at Daewoo Economic Researach Institute, the leading economic institute in Korea. He is also currently Chair of The Knowledge Committee and Lecture Committee of KCMC (the association for Korean CEOs of Multinational Companies); an adjunct professor on global leadership at Sung Kyun Kwan University; and a member of the committee on government performance evaluation. Hyung earned his BA and MBA from Yonsei University and Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee (USA).
Partner & Leader, Insurance & Allied Business Practices
Joydeep has over 25 years of industry experience, primarily in senior business roles in insurance and banking. Before joining PwC India, he was Founder and CEO of L&T General Insurance Company Limited, which won the Model Insurer Award in Technology from Celent two years in a row. Earlier, Joydeep was part of the founding team of AIG’s Life Insurance JV in India, where he was Chief Distribution Officer for Life Insurance. He was selected by AIG as a part of their prestigious GMEDP program, which conducted projects around the globe. He has also worked for Standard Chartered Bank, Wipro, and Compaq Computer Asia Pte Ltd. Joydeep is a member of the CII National Committee for Insurance and Pensions, and served on the Board of Insurance Information Bureau (IIB). He was a founder and Director of the Financial Planning Standards Board and was one of the first CFPs in India. Joydeep was awarded the “Technology Leader of the Year” in 2011 by Asia Insurance Review and Celent. He is also a prominent speaker at national and international forums. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from IIM Calcutta.
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm: Executive Panel: Marketing & Connecting to the Customer of the Future
CEO, RGA Korea and CMO, Asia
Michael Shin is Chief Executive Officer of RGA Reinsurance Company Korea Branch (RGA Korea), with executive oversight of all business activities in Korea. He also serves as Chief Marketing Officer, Asia, with responsibility for RGA’s Asia Pacific region. His insurance industry experience spans nearly three decades. Prior to joining RGA, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Distribution Officer of New York Life Korea (now ACE Life), where his responsibilities included agency distribution, marketing, product design, and oversight of Corporate Communications. He was also with Samsung Life Insurance South Korea, where he was Corporate Vice President, Channel Strategy and Planning, and Senior Vice President and Chief of Advisors and the Financial Planning Center. Earlier, Michael spent more than 15 years with Prudential Financial Insurance, where he was Managing Director for the Asian market in the United States.
Ariel Talbi helps B2C and B2B organizations optimize enterprise workforce performance and improve the customer experience. He has led major software implementations projects in large contact centers, and has served as consultant and trusted advisor to several tier 1 service providers in the Asia Pacific and the U.S. Ariel currently leads NICE’s APAC Workforce Optimization and Real-Time Solution lines of business. In this role he works with customers to realize their true potential in the front and back office — and ensure continuous improvement of their performance and operatio
A senior-level business and IT professional with a career spanning 30 years, Timothy leads Fuji Xerox’s regional insurance program. He consults with clients to develop and execute go-to-market strategies for insurers throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Timothy has worked in numerous other industries, including banking, payment, internet, transportation, systems integration, and healthcare. He has a degree in Economics and a Diploma in Asia Pacific Marketing from the National University of Singapore. He holds the following professional qualifications: FLMI, DGIRM, PgMP, PMP, PMI-ACP, ITIL, CGEIT, CRISC, CITPM, COMIT, TOGAF, BCP, and Lean Six Sigma. Timothy is also an adjunct lecturer on strategic IT planning at the National University of Singapore.
9:00 am - 10:00 am: Digital Thinking to Unite Sales and Operations
Hugh Terry
创始人, The Digital Insurer
Hugh Terry是一位经验丰富的保险专业人士，在亚太地区拥有超过20年的经验，涉及保险公司、业务咨询以及成功创建并退出自己开创的业务。The Digital Insurer 是全球最大的知识社区，有超过30,000名专业人士共同致力于加速保险的数字化转型，Hugh作为公司创始人，他的业务目标是帮助保险和科技公司创建和实施创新的业务发展战略。其工作的核心是预测和利用数码科技的趋势，因为这些趋势对现有的商业模式产生了深远的影响，并提供了新的机遇。同时Hugh也是位专业精算师。
Drawing from global research studies, Ian will describe how the changing distribution landscape will affect back-office operations. He will discuss what companies can do to help maximize potential opportunities and minimize the associated risks.
Even though organizations are increasingly focused on nurturing and developing talent, all their needs cannot be met internally. But the market for talent has never been more competitive and complex. Roderick will share strategies and practices that leading organizations use to find and attract the best and brightest individuals.
Managing Director, Bupa Health Insurance (Thailand) Public Company Limited
Ben Assanasen will share a case study to illustrate how call center expertise can effectively and efficiently support today’s distribution strategies. You will see how extraordinary customer service throughout the customer journey improves results while also embodying lean business practices.
Achieving operational excellent requires the seamless integration of the operational front and back-office. This ecosystem should integrate an insurer’s operation strategy supporting customer experience and processing excellence. Fuji Xerox will share how an insurer could adopt the latest trends in Document Communication (DOCS), Managed Content (Net-Gen MPS) and Intelligent Document Capture (BPS) to help an insurer accelerate its digital transformation to improve customer experience, turn operational data into business insight, and embrace mobile mind shift to drive process excellence in new business, customer services and claim processes.
AVP, Learning Product Management, Education and Training
Research shows that companies are more efficient when they invest in educational training for employees. Kevin Head will discuss a variety of programs available for different levels of employees, as well as how to best determine what classes are best suited for different personnel.
Educating your sales force on back office operations is a proven tactic for alleviating tensions and misunderstandings between the two areas. Now you can take this tactic to a new level by applying digital methods and business models that will help unify your sales and back office operations. Attend this session to learn about today’s methods and models — and explore where they are headed.
Succession planning is more than just an important part of your effective talent management strategy: it helps drive future growth and mitigate risk. In this session, Andy Park will discuss how and why succession planning can contribute to better business results.
Drawing on his international experience, Colin Latchem will examine how financial services and life insurance companies can improve training and professional development. He will explore how you can leverage the latest information and communicaiton technologies (ICTs) to provide innovative, engaging, and cost-effective distance and blended learning. He will also review the critical issues that must be considered in adopting these new technologies and methods.
This panel of executives will discuss the emergent role of the CMO at insurers, as well as their role in innovation, brand awareness, and helping meet higher consumer expectations to improve customer retention.
In this highly entertaining and interactive session, Sam will demonstrate how the “3 Cs” needed to create a hit song are the same fundamentals needed to create a culture of innovation in your workplace. He will draw parallels to successful songs, artists, and bands throughout history to highlight how employee collaboration, communication, and creativity (the 3 Cs) drive business innovation and success. Check out some of SongDivision's past performances at https://www.youtube.com/user/songdivision
