Our Board of Directors

Dennis is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and a member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee of Prudential Singapore, with effect from 18 March 2025. He is also a Director and a member of the Board Risk Committee of Prudential Singapore.

He is currently Regional CEO of Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar and Partnership Distribution. He took on additional responsibility for Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar with effect from 30 October 2025. In addition, he oversees the Group’s partnership distribution channels.

Previously he served as Managing Director, Strategic Business Group, at Prudential plc, and as 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. He is also a member of the Risk Committee for Prudential Life Assurance (Thailand) Public Company Limited. Additionally, he serves as Chairperson and member of the Members’ Council of Prudential Vietnam Assurance Private Limited. Beyond these roles, Dennis is a Council Member of the Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore. He also serves as a Director at Prudential Singapore Holdings Pte. Limited.

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.

Chan San San is Chief Executive Officer of Prudential Singapore and was appointed in September 2024. She is responsible for the management and growth of the business in Singapore through its more than 1,200 employees and 5,400 financial representatives.

San San is an Executive Director on the Board of Directors of Prudential Singapore, and a member of the Board Risk Committee. She is also the Director of Singapore College of Insurance, and Non-Executive Director of Prudential Financial Advisers Singapore Pte. Ltd. She is a member of the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) Standards Committee and Chairperson of the IBF Insurance Working Group. Additionally, she serves as Deputy President of Life Insurance Association, Singapore (Management Committee).

San San is a veteran banker with over 20 years of experience across consumer wealth and private banking. Prior to joining Prudential, San San was a Managing Director with Citi, where she spent 21 years. The last three years were with Citi Private Bank as Global Market Manager for the Ultra High Net Worth (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand) and High Net Worth (APAC) markets.

Her experience also included managing Citi’s regional retail bank’s Citigold Private Client business, Citibank Singapore’s retail bank business, as well as its Wealth and Segments division to deliver robust growth across both consumer wealth and private banking. She began her banking career as a Management Associate with Citibank Singapore in 2003. Prior to Citi, she handled mergers and acquisitions at Singtel.

San San is Singaporean and holds a Bachelor of Accountancy with a Minor in Business Law (First Class Honours) from Nanyang Technological University. She completed Chartered Financial Analyst Level 3 in 2003 and completed the Asian Financial Leaders Programme by the Human Capital Leadership Institute and Singapore Management University in 2023.

Professor Annie Koh was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Prudential Singapore in August 2018, and is the Chair of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, and a member of the Audit Committee and the Board Risk Committee.

Prof Koh possesses a wealth of experience and expertise in education and management in the banking and finance markets. She started her career as Treasury Manager of DBS Bank Singapore in 1976. Since then, she has worked in educational institutions such as the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Singapore Management University (SMU).

Prof Koh is Professor Emeritus of Finance (Practice) at Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU, since January 2021. She is a renowned conference speaker, panel moderator and commentator. Prof Koh chaired the Asian Bond Fund 2 supervisory committee for the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) from 2016 to 2023, and served as a committee member of Singapore’s Customs Advisory Committee from September 2019 to December 2025.

Prof Koh is currently a Director and Chair of Finance Committee of Singapore Food Agency (Government) since April 2023. Prof Koh is also an Independent Director and a member of the Audit Committee of AMTD IDEA Group since May 2020 and December 2020 respectively, a Non-Executive Lead Independent Director, Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee of Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd since August 2025, a Director and Chair of Audit Committee, a Member of Nominating Committee, and a Member of Remuneration Committee of Mewah International since April 2024; all these are listed entities. Prof Koh is a Director and Vice Chair of EtonHouse Community Fund Limited since February 2023 and April 2025 respectively and a Director and Member of the Nomination and Human Resource Committee of WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature (Singapore) Limited since May 2025; both these are non-profit organisations. She previously served as an Independent Director on the boards of Prime US Reit Management, Cyber Youth Singapore, PBA, GovTech, Singapore’s CPF, HMI, K1 Ventures and was a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council from 2019 to 2022.

Prof Koh also advises selected single-family offices and privately owned enterprises such as Flexxon Pte Ltd, TOP International and HMI Group, and startup company, Pyxis Maritime Pte Ltd, as an Advisory Council member of the Center for Sustainability and Private Wealth with effect from 16 December 2024. She has been an investment committee member of iGlobe Partners since July 2010. Previously held leadership positions at SMU before 2021 include Vice President for Business Development; V3 Group Professor of Family Entrepreneurship; Academic Director of Business Families Institute and International Trading Institute; Associate Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Business; and Dean, Office of Executive and Professional Education.

Prof Koh’s achievements include being awarded a MAS Scholarship for NUS BSc in Economics (Hons) and a Fulbright scholarship for her PhD degree in International Finance from Stern School of Business, New York University in 1988. Her research interests are in Family Office and Family Business, Investor Behaviour, Alternative Investments and Enterprise Risk Management. She is co-author of Financial Management: Theory and Practice, 2nd edition (2021), and Financing Internationalisation – Growth Strategies for Successful Companies (2004), co-editor of Asian Family Business: Succession, Governance and Innovation (2020), and author of a number of Asian family business cases and survey reports. In recognition of her contribution to education and the public sector, she was awarded the bronze and silver Singapore Public Administration medal in 2010 and 2016 respectively, and the Adult Education Prism Award in 2017.

Simon Machell was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Prudential Singapore in March 2020 and is Chair of the Board Risk Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Simon has over 30 years of CEO experience in both the life and general insurance sectors in Europe and Asia, and has a wealth of experience and expertise in the areas of management, operations, finance, risk and strategy. Simon qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst and Young in London in 1988 and held auditing and finance roles at Legal & General before joining Norwich Union (later renamed Aviva) in 1994. Simon spent almost 20 years with Aviva where he started as a finance executive in the general insurance business before taking on claims and operations roles. He became the Managing Director of RAC when Aviva bought that business and subsequently became the CEO of the UK general insurance business. From 2002 to 2007, Simon was also the Chair of the Motor Insurers Bureau.

In 2007, Simon moved to Singapore to become the CEO of Aviva’s business in Asia. The markets in eastern Europe were added to the portfolio in 2012. He was responsible for all aspects of the business and was accountable for relationships with regulators and joint venture partners. Simon was also a Non-Executive Director of Aviva’s asset management business in Asia.

In 2013, Simon became a Non-Executive Director of Tesco Bank in the UK and a member of the Audit, Risk, Nomination and Remuneration Committees. In 2016, he became the Chair of Tesco Underwriting which is Tesco Bank’s insurance underwriting vehicle and also served as Chair of the Tesco Underwriting Remuneration Committee. Simon retired from the Tesco Board in 2025.

In 2015, Simon became a Non-Executive Director of Pacific Life Re and a member of the Risk Committee. In 2018, he became the Chair of Pacific Life’s Australian entity and sat on the risk, audit, and remuneration committees. Simon joined the Prudential Corporation Asia Board in 2016 and became Chair of the Risk Committee. He continued in this role until the board was disbanded in 2020. Simon was elected to the Board of Suncorp in Australia in 2017, and he is a member of the People and Remuneration Committee and the Audit and Nomination Committee. In April 2021, Simon became a Non-Executive Director and Non-Executive Chair of GreenPlace Assets Pte. Ltd.

Simon has a Bachelor of Art degree in Economics from University of Durham and is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). He is also a Guest Professor at the Southwest University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu, China.

Daniel Teo was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Prudential Singapore in October 2018 and is Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Board Risk Committee and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Daniel started his banking career at Standard Chartered Bank Singapore in 1984. From 1989 to 2000, he was Commercial Banking Manager and Operations Manager at the Republic National Bank of New York, Singapore. From 2001 to 2012, he was Regional Chief Operating Officer at ING Asia Private Bank Ltd Singapore (later renamed Bank of Singapore Ltd). In 2012, Daniel joined ABN AMRO Bank NV Singapore and held the roles of Country Operating Officer (COO) and Deputy Country Executive, Singapore, and COO Private Banking International Asia and Middle East.

From 2014 to 2016, Daniel was an Alternate Council Member at the Association of Banks in Singapore. Professionally, his achievements include the “Leading Individual” award at the 2015 Wealth Briefing Asia Awards.

Since 2016, Daniel has been active in non-profit work. He was Chair of the board for a cooperative for ex-offenders from June 2016 to May 2022. He has also served on various other non-profit boards. He was awarded the Minister for Home Affairs National Day Award in 2022 for his service as a Home Team Volunteer.

Daniel is a Director and Chairman of the Finance and Investment Committee of HCA Hospice Limited (HCA) since September 2023. In September 2023, he was appointed by the Ministry of Home Affairs as a member of a Singapore Prison Service Advisory Committee, independently reviewing the suitability of inmates recommended to go on rehabilitative Home Detention and Employment Preparation programmes. Starting 1 March 2024, Daniel also served as a member of the Finance Committee of EQUAL-ARK Singapore Ltd, a non-profit that promotes social-emotional development through animal-assisted programmes.

Daniel has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from National University of Singapore and has completed executive programmes at INSEAD Singapore and IMD Lausanne.