Group Executive Committee

Appointments

Appointed to the Board: February 2023

Anil is a standing attendee of the Audit, Nomination & Governance, Remuneration and Risk Committees and the Responsibility & Sustainability Working Group.

Career

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.

Relevant skills and experience for Prudential

With more than 30 years of experience in markets around the world, Anil is a global financial leader with significant expertise, particularly in Asia

Anil has a proven track record of successful digital transformation, having led the modernisation of technology platforms across 13 markets in Asia in his role at Manulife

Appointments

Appointed Chief Technology and Operations Officer and member of the Group Executive Committee: May 2024

Relevant skills and experience

In her role as the Chief Technology and Operations Officer, Anette plays a pivotal role in steering Prudential’s technology initiatives and maintaining operational discipline. On the technology front, she is responsible for aligning technology strategies with overall business objectives, ensuring Prudential remains at the forefront of technological advancements. For operations, she evaluates all operational aspects across the organization to shape and define Prudential’s target operating model, ensuring to maximize economies of skill and scale, ultimately enhancing the customer experience.

Before joining this role, Anette was a Partner at KPMG in Switzerland, where she contributed to digital transformation programmes within the insurance sector. Prior to that, Anette served as Group Chief Operating Officer at Swiss Re and held senior positions across the technology and telecommunications sectors.

Anette holds a Master of Economics and Social Sciences at University of Stuttgart, Germany.

Appointments

Appointed Regional CEO, Greater China, Customer and Wealth and member of the Group Executive Committee: October 2024

Relevant skills and Experience

In her role as Regional CEO, Greater China, Customer and Wealth, Angel plays an integral role in driving Prudential’s business in Hong Kong, the Chinese Mainland, and Taiwan, in addition to leading the development of the Group-wide Customer pillar and Wealth proposition across 24 markets in Asia and Africa.

With 25 years of expertise in financial services, Angel has extensive experience in the Asia Pacific region and beyond. Before joining Prudential, she was the Head of Asia North & Australia, Cluster and Banking at Citi, overseeing geographical management, client coverage, product delivery, and banking segments across six major markets. Her tenure at Citi included senior roles such as Head of Asia for Citi Global Wealth, where she managed the Asia Private Bank and Consumer Bank, and CEO for Citi Hong Kong and Macau. Prior to her time at Citi, Angel held senior positions at Procter & Gamble and China Light and Power Hong Kong.

Angel is actively involved in the Hong Kong community, serving on various boards and committees. Her roles include membership on the Financial Infrastructure and Market Development Sub-Committee under the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation, the New Business Committee of the Financial Services Development Council, and the Board of Trustees of Chung Chi College at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, among others.

Angel holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Appointments

Appointed Chief Risk and Compliance Officer and member of the Group Executive Committee: April 2022

Avnish is a standing attendee of the Board and of the Risk and Audit Committees.

Relevant skills and Experience

In his role as Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, Avnish is responsible for managing Risk, Compliance, Legal, Audit, Company Secretariat and Government Relations functions across all of the Group’s insurance and asset management businesses. He joined Prudential in 2014.

Avnish is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years of experience in Financial Services in Asia. Prior to joining Prudential, he was the Asia Chief Risk Officer for Aviva for six years and has also worked at Bank of America for 14 years in various capital markets, trading and risk roles. In previous roles, he also worked for EY in Dubai and for PwC in India.

Appointments

Appointed Group Chief Financial Officer and member of the Group Executive Committee: May 2023

Ben is a standing attendee of the Board, Audit and Risk Committees and of the Sustainability Committee (formerly, the Responsibility & Sustainability Working Group).

Relevant skills and experience

Ben was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Prudential in May 2023. As CFO, he is responsible for managing the Finance function, including all aspects of financial reporting and planning such as performance management including planning and forecasting, financial reporting, capital management and investment management as well as the Group Actuarial function, strategy, investor relations and sustainability.

Ben joined Prudential in 1997 and has held various leadership roles including CFO, Insurance and Asset Management, regional CFO of Prudential Asia, CFO of Eastspring Investments, the Group’s asset management business, CFO of Prudential Hong Kong’s Life and General Insurance businesses and Chief Accountant of Prudential Asia.

Ben is a Chartered Accountant (The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) and holds a Bachelor's degree from The London School of Economics.

Appointments

Appointed Chief Executive Officer Eastspring Investments Group and member of the Group Executive Committee: September 2023

Relevant skills and experience

Having served as Chief Investment Officer of Eastspring since May 2022, Bill was appointed interim Chief Executive Officer in April 2023, an appointment which was made permanent in September 2023.

As CEO of Eastspring Investments, Bill is a member of Eastspring’s Board of Directors, chairs the Eastspring Executive Management Committee and has overall responsibility for the management and strategic development of the firm. As CIO since May 2022, Bill spearheads Eastspring’s investment platform across equities, fixed income, multi-asset, quantitative and alternatives, overseeing investment strategies and products.

Bill has 30 years of asset management experience and a strong track record in leading investment teams globally. Prior to joining Eastspring as Head of Equities in September 2021, Bill served as the Asia Pacific Chief Investment Officer and Global Chief Investment Officer, Equities at HSBC Global Asset Management.

Bill holds an MBA from Cranfield University, a Doctorate in Laser Physics from Oxford University and a Bachelor's Degree in Physics from Sussex University, UK and Uppsala University, Sweden.

Appointments

Appointed Chief Human Resources Officer and member of the Group Executive Committee: April 2023

Catherine is a standing attendee of the Remuneration and Nominations & Governance Committees and of the Sustainability Committee (formerly, the Responsibility & Sustainability Working Group).

Relevant skills and experience

In her role as Chief Human Resources Officer, Catherine leads Prudential’s Group-wide people and culture agenda, to build a high performance organization where great talent is engaged, inspired and developed.

Catherine joined from StarHub, Singapore, where she had been Chief HR Officer since 2018, driving workforce optimisation, culture transformation, talent development and employee engagement. She also chaired the company’s Covid-19 task force. Before leading the HR function at StarHub, Catherine held global and regional senior HR leadership roles in LEGO, United Overseas Bank, Dell Inc. in Singapore and Shanghai.

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree with Honours in Social Sciences from the National University of Singapore. She served as a Nominations Committee member of Daughters of Tomorrow (Singapore) and was a board member of the Singapore Breast Cancer Foundation.

Appointments

Appointed Regional CEO, Singapore, Thailand and Partnership Distribution and member of the Group Executive Committee: Jan 2025

Relevant skills and experience

Dennis was appointed Regional CEO, Singapore and Thailand, together with overseeing the Group’s partnership distribution channels on 1 January 2025.

Previously he served as Managing Director of the Strategic Business Group at Prudential plc, and also CEO of Prudential Assurance Company Singapore.

Dennis holds the positions of Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Prudential Financial Advisers Singapore Pte. Ltd., and Prudential Life Assurance (Thailand) Public Company Limited. Additionally, he serves as Chairperson and Member of the Members’ Council at Prudential Vietnam Assurance Private Limited. Beyond these roles, Dennis is the President of the Life Insurance Association’s Management Committee and Council Member at The Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore. He also serves as a Director at Prudential Singapore Holdings Pte. Limited and the Singapore College of Insurance.

Before joining Prudential, he spent 10 years at OCBC Bank, where he led a 3,100-strong consumer banking division as Head of Consumer Financial Services for seven years. In this role he drove the growth of OCBC’s Premier Banking business in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and China serving as Head of Branch and Group Premier Banking and being a member of OCBC Bank’s Management Committee.

Dennis is Singaporean and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business (Honours with Distinction) from Indiana University and has completed the Stanford Executive Programme at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. He is also a Certified Financial Planner.

Appointments

Relevant skills and experience

In his role as Regional CEO, John is responsible for our businesses in Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam as well as leading the Group’s Agency channel. 

John brings with him over 30 years of experience in the insurance industry, including more than 20 years leading large insurance companies across Asia. His wealth of leadership experience includes time as: CEO of China Pacific; Vice Chair & President of WeDoctor; Group Regional Chief Executive of AIA with responsibility for China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Myanmar; and CEO of AXA Hong Kong. He has won numerous awards for his achievements in the insurance industry.

John’s agency experience extends from being an agent himself in his early years with Equitable Life in New York to leading the transformation of AIA’s agency model in China.

John holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University.

Appointments

Appointed Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer and member of the Group Executive Committee: November 2024

Relevant skills and experience

Prior to joining Prudential, Kenneth was Manulife Asia’s Chief Financial Officer for five years, responsible for Finance, Strategy and Business Development across 10 Asian markets. Prior to this, he was Aviva Asia's Regional Chief Financial Officer based in Singapore and held senior finance roles for seven years with AIA in Hong Kong, Thailand and Korea.

Kenneth holds a Master’s Degree in Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master’s Degree in Applied Economics from Johns Hopkins University. Kenneth is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA^®) charterholder, a licensed US Certified Professional Accountant (CPA), a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and is a Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI). Additionally, Ken is a certified professional coach with the International Coaching Federation.

Appointments

Appointed Regional CEO, Growth Markets, Health and Agency and member of the Group Executive Committee: January 2025

Relevant skills and experience

Solmaz joined Prudential in May 2022, bringing with him over 25 years of experience in leading business change and growth in the financial services industry, including 15 years in insurance.

In his current role as Regional CEO, Growth Markets, Health and Agency, he covers different growth markets such as India, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and all markets in Africa. He is also responsible for the Group’s Health business and Agency distribution strategy, focusing on driving growth and operational performance in these crucial business areas, with the aim to strengthen the value proposition to customers, and scaling the overall business.

Prior to his current role, Solmaz served as the Managing Director of Prudential plc’s Strategic Business Group, and also the Group’s Chief Transformation Officer who was responsible for our groupwide Technology function.

Before joining Prudential, his most recent role was Regional CEO, Asia-Pacific at Allianz, based in Singapore. Other significant roles he held assumed at Allianz include Group Chief Digital Officer in Munich, Germany, and CEO of the life and general insurance entities in Turkey.