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Chinatown boy Lee Yuan Siong seeks to conquer China for AIA
Group CEO plans to move insurance giant up tech scale with digital adoption, predictive analytics, and de-layer it by cutting down silos
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AIA Group chief executive and president Lee Yuan Siong’s challenge is to use all that he knows and has experienced to help the insurer in the world’s biggest emerging market.
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Ever since Mr Lee Yuan Siong came to my notice a few years ago as the Singaporean who helped power Ping An to be China's No. 1 insurer, I'd been looking forward to an opportunity to meet this Chinatown-boy-made-good.
Like Hong Kong-based Milton Cheng, who is global chair of giant American law firm Baker McKenzie, Mr Lee was one of those Singaporeans whose careers and personal journeys profited immensely by stepping out of the comfort zone of this balmy island.
