Prudential Hires Citi 20-Year Veteran Chan San San as Prudential Singapore CEO, Succeeds Dennis Tan Who Holds Dual Roles Including as Managing Director of Strategic Business Group for Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam, Chan San San Joins from Citi Private Bank and Last Held the Role of Managing Director & Global Market Manager
28th June 2024 | Hong Kong
Prudential has hired Citi 20-year veteran Chan San San as Prudential Singapore CEO (2024 September), succeeding Dennis Tan who holds dual roles including as Managing Director of Strategic Business Group for Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam. Chan San San has more than 20 years of experience across consumer wealth & private banking at Citi, and last held the role of Managing Director, Global Market Manager at Citi Private Bank (Chan San San is a certified Chartered Financial Analyst and holds a bachelor’s degree in accountancy with a minor in business law from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore). Dennis Tan is a veteran banker who joined Prudential Singapore as CEO in February 2020 after close to 30 years at OCBC Bank and Citi. In July 2022, he was promoted to Managing Director, Strategic Business Group, overseeing Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Prudential (27/6/24): “Prudential plc (“Prudential”) has today announced the appointment of Ms Chan San San as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Prudential Singapore. Ms Chan will assume the role in September 2024, subject to regulatory approval. She will report to Mr Dennis Tan, Managing Director (MD) of the Strategic Business Group (SBG) with oversight for Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Ms Chan, a Singaporean, will succeed Mr Tan who currently holds the Singapore CEO role, in addition to his Group MD position. Mr Tan will remain Singapore CEO until regulatory approval for Ms Chan’s appointment is received. The appointment of a new CEO, fully focussed on driving Prudential Singapore’s objectives, reflects the significance of the Singapore business and the Group’s strong intent to support it. Ms Chan will manage Prudential Singapore’s extensive distribution network to meet the health and wealth needs of its policyholders. This includes its more than 5,200 financial representatives, including its tied agency and financial advisory arm, Prudential Financial Advisers Singapore. The life insurer also has long-standing distribution arrangements with two banks, United Overseas Bank and Standard Chartered Bank. Ms Chan, 45, is an accomplished banker with more than 20 years of experience across consumer wealth and private banking at Citi. Prior to her appointment at Prudential, Ms Chan was Managing Director, Global Market Manager at Citi Private Bank. She focussed on serving the private banking needs of ultra-high net worth and high net worth clients, their families and family offices in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Her extensive experience spans strategy, sales and marketing, client management, product management, strategic innovation and transformation, governance and risk management … … Singapore is a key market for Prudential, having operated there for over 93 years, and the life insurer is recognised as one of the country’s four D-SIIs (domestic systemically important insurers). It serves more than a million policyholders including a large segment of affluent and high net worth individuals.”
“ Prudential Hires Citi 20-Year Veteran Chan San San as Prudential Singapore CEO, Succeeds Dennis Tan Who Holds Dual Roles Including as Managing Director of Strategic Business Group for Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam, Chan San San Joins from Citi Private Bank and Last Held the Role of Managing Director & Global Market Manager “
Managing Director of Strategic Business Group for Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam, Dennis Tan: “I am delighted to welcome San San to Prudential. She brings extensive regional experience to the table, with a deep understanding of customers, paired with a breadth of consumer financial services experience in Singapore.”
About Prudential plc – Prudential plc provides life and health insurance and asset management in 24 markets across Asia and Africa. Prudential’s mission is to be the most trusted partner and protector for this generation and generations to come, by providing simple and accessible financial and health solutions. The business has dual primary listings on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (2378) and the London Stock Exchange (PRU). It also has a secondary listing on the Singapore Stock Exchange (K6S) and a listing on the New York Stock Exchange (PUK) in the form of American Depositary Receipts. It is a constituent of the Hang Seng Composite Index and is also included for trading in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme and the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme. Prudential is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential Financial, Inc. a company whose principal place of business is in the United States of America, nor with The Prudential Assurance Company Limited, a subsidiary of M&G plc, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom.
About Prudential Assurance Company Singapore (Pte) Ltd (Prudential Singapore) – Prudential Assurance Company Singapore (Pte) Ltd is one of the top life insurance companies in Singapore, serving the financial and protection needs of the country’s citizens for 93 years. The company has an AA- Financial Strength Rating from leading credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s, with S$53.3 billion funds under management as at 31 December 2023. It delivers a suite of well-rounded product offerings in Protection, Savings and Investment through multiple distribution channels including a network of more than 5,200 financial representatives.
Prudential Hires Citi 20-Year Veteran Chan San San as Prudential Singapore CEO, Succeeds Dennis Tan Who Holds Dual Roles Including as Managing Director of Strategic Business Group for Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam, Chan San San Joins from Citi Private Bank and Last Held the Role of Managing Director & Global Market Manager
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