Our Board of Directors

Mark is the Group Chief Executive Officer of Prudential plc, having previously served as Group Chief Financial Officer since joining the Board in July 2017. He was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of Prudential Singapore in November 2022. Mark was previously also Chief Operating Officer from July 2019 to March 2022.

Mark leads Prudential’s life and health insurance and asset management businesses across Asia and Africa, where Prudential has been providing familiar, trusted financial security for almost 100 years. He has a strong background across financial services, insurance and investment management, encompassing wide geographical experience relevant to the Group’s key markets.

Mark previously worked at Deloitte for 26 years, building his industry focus on insurance and investment management globally. During this time, Mark was Managing Partner for Clients and Markets, a member of the executive committee and a member of the board of Deloitte UK. He was a Vice Chairman of Deloitte for four years. Mark previously led the Insurance & Investment Management audit practice and the insurance industry practice.

Mark is a Director of Prudential Services Limited which is a wholly-owned Prudential subsidiary. He also holds the position of Director at Prudential Corporation Asia Ltd, the British Heart Foundation, and Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC, in the United Kingdom. He is also a Director of Eastspring Investments Group Pte Ltd Singapore since August 2022. Mark also serves as co-Chair of the Prudential Diversity and Inclusion Council and the Chair of the Group ESG Committee.

Mark holds a Master of Business Administration, a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) Degree in Accounting, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Lilian Ng is the Managing Director, Strategic Business Group, and a member of the Group Executive Committee of Prudential plc. She is responsible for the insurance operations covering mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan; and the Group-wide customer, distribution and marketing strategy across the network of insurance businesses.

She spearheads the Group-wide customer strategy and the corresponding strategic frameworks for customer segmentation and proposition, distribution, marketing and customer care to deliver customer success and drive customer advocacy.

Lilian is the Chairman and Director of Prudential Hong Kong Limited. She is also Director at CITIC-Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited, Prudential BSN Takaful Berhad, and Pulse Ecosystem Pte. Ltd.

She has been part of the Prudential family for over 20 years and has held a range of leadership roles, including Chief Financial Officer of Prudential Hong Kong, Chief Operating Officer, Insurance, and Chief Executive, Insurance, of Prudential Corporation Asia. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia.

Dennis Tan is the Chief Executive Officer of Prudential Singapore. At the Group level, he was also appointed Managing Director of the Strategic Business Group covering Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, since July 2022. In this role, Dennis is responsible for the business and operational results of the three markets.

A veteran banker, Dennis has 26 years of experience in consumer banking spanning product development, segment management, marketing and sales and distribution.

Prior to joining Prudential, Dennis was with OCBC Bank for 10 years, of which seven were spent leading a 3,100-strong consumer banking division as Head, Consumer Financial Services. Dennis also spearheaded the growth of OCBC’s Premier Banking business in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and China as Head of Branch and Group Premier Banking. He was also a member of OCBC Bank’s Management Committee.

Dennis is a Director with Prudential Singapore Holdings Pte Ltd since March 2020 and Pulse Ecosystem Pte. Ltd. since December 2020. He is also President in the Life Insurance Association’s Management Committee, Council Member at IBF Singapore, Multilateral Healthcare Insurance Committee Member at Ministry of Health Singapore, Board Director at the Council for Third Age and a Global Asia Insurance Partnership Advisory Council member.

Dennis is Singaporean. He holds a Bachelor of Science 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 a Certified Financial Planner.

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 2021. She is a renowned conference speaker, panel moderator and commentator. Prof Koh chairs the Asian Bond Fund 2 supervisory committee of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) since 2016, and is a committee member of Singapore’s Customs Advisory Council and HR Transformation Advisory Panel since 2019.

With effect from February 2022, in addition to being a member on the Audit and Risk committee and Nomination and Remuneration committee, Prof Koh now serves as Chair of the Board and Independent Director of KBS US Prime Property Management. She is also an Independent Director of AMTD IDEA Group since May 2020 and a member of the Audit Committee of AMTD IDEA Group since December 2020. In addition, Prof Koh is a Non-Executive Director of PBA International Pte. Ltd. since July 2020 and an Independent Director of Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd since November 2020. She previously served on GovTech, Singapore’s CPF, HMI, K1 Ventures boards and was a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council from 2019 to 2022.

Prof Koh also advises privately owned enterprises such as Flexxon Pte Ltd, TOP International, and startups such as Dedoco, Hyperscal Solutions Pte Ltd, Pyxis Maritime Pte Ltd, RABC Holdings Pte Ltd, and non-profits such as Blockchain Association of Singapore, Cyber Youth Singapore and WWF Singapore. She has been an investment committee member of iGlobe Partners since July 2010 and advisor to CUBE3 Ventures since October 2021 and Asia Food Sustainability Fund since February 2022. Previously held leadership positions at SMU 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 scholar 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 also a member of the Audit, Risk, Nomination and Remuneration Committees. He became the Chair of Tesco Underwriting which is Tesco Bank’s insurance underwriting vehicle in 2016. Simon is also the chair of the Tesco Underwriting Remuneration Committee. He continues to hold both roles today.

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.

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.

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 June 2021, he has been the Chairman of Audit Committee and member of the Advisory Board of Singapore Photographic Society, a non-profit organisation. Daniel is also a Director and Chairman of Audit Committee in RSVP Singapore The Organisation of Senior Volunteers since September 2022, and a member of Finance & Investment Committee with HCA Hospice Limited since November 2022.

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

Wan Mei Kit was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Prudential Singapore in January 2018, and is a member of the Audit Committee, Board Risk Committee, and Nomination and Remuneration Committee. She is also a Director and the Chair of Audit and Risk Committee and Member of Nominations Committee of Singapore Pools (Private) Limited and Member of Tote Board Audit and Risk Committee (ARC) since July 2022.

Mei Kit is an experienced professional in audit, risk control, governance and compliance roles across leading international banks, with knowledge spanning across Asia Pacific. She began her career in audit with Coopers & Lybrand Public Accountants (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). Since then, Mei Kit has worked in various global financial institutions, including Bank of America as the Regional Auditor, South East Asia, and Union Bank of Switzerland as the Head of Internal Audit, Singapore. She held various regional head and leadership roles in the global audit, compliance and operational risk functions within Standard Chartered Bank Singapore from 1989 to 2015. In her most recent corporate role, she was the Regional Head of Audit, ASEAN, at Standard Chartered Bank Singapore.

She currently volunteers at various non-profit organisations as Audit and Risk Committee member of the National Kidney Foundation in Singapore, Deputy Chair of the Advisory Committee on Oversight of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (United Nations Women) in New York, and a Board member of Asia Philanthropic Ventures Pte Ltd.

Mei Kit is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants UK and of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants. She is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.