Resilient, relevant and ready in a post-COVID world
The benefits world has been shaken by the pandemic and, with the reopening that is now taking place, Greater China has an opportunity to learn from the experiences of the wider world. We warmly invite you to join our Multinational Health Forum in Hong Kong this March to learn, share and connect on practical steps multinational companies like yours are taking to remain resilient, relevant and ready in a post-COVID world.
Join our Mercer Marsh Benefits team for an in-person event at The St. Regis Hong Kong on Thursday 30 March between 09:00 am - 14.30 pm HKT.
DATE:
Thursday 30 March, 2023
TIME:
09:00 am - 14.30 pm HKT
LOCATION:
The St. Regis Hong Kong
08:45-09:15 Registration
09:15-09:20 Welcome
Richard Roper, Mercer Marsh Benefits
Mike Khan, Mercer Marsh Benefits
09:20 - 09:35 - Keynote
Joan Collar, Mercer Marsh Benefits
09:35-10:00 - Macro trends 2023 - Asia and Greater China
Jasper Yip, Oliver Wyman
10:00-10:40 - Health on demand and how companies are adapting
Anne Situ, Macquarie
Tommy Fung, Bank of America
Mike Khan, Mercer Marsh Benefits
10:55-11:35 - Health - What’s impacting firms in Hong Kong?
Pei Wen Lee, Mercer Marsh Benefits
Karen Tse, Mercer Marsh Benefits
11:35-11:50 - Wellness Wins
Dr. Kieran Rogers, Momentum
11:50-12:30 - How insurers are innovating to stay resilient, relevant and ready post-COVID
Richard Roper, Mercer Marsh Benefits with guest speakers from AIA, AXA and Bupa
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:00 - ESG and its relevance in Employee Benefits
Liana Attard, Mercer
Graeme Riddell, Marsh
14:30 - 17:30 Networking
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Tommy Fung (Bank of America) SVP, Head of Human Resources, Asia Pacific at Bank of America |
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Tommy Fung is the Head of Human Resources, Asia Pacific. In this role, Tommy overseas all human resources activities for Bank of America in the Asia Pacific region covering twelve locations.
Tommy joined BAC in August 2006 as the Compensation Manager for Asia Pacific region and led various key initiatives in Human Resources during this time, including HR Shared Services, Global Mobility and Compensation and Benefits.
Tommy grew up in Hong Kong and obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science with major in Economics and Management Studies from University of Hong Kong. He received his Master’s Degree in Human Resources from National University of Ireland.
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Liana Attard Partner, Commercial & Sales Leader and Multinational Client Segment Leader, Mercer, Asia & IMEA |
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Liana is a Partner based in Singapore and is the Commercial & Sales Leader and Multinational Client Segment Leader for Asia & IMEA. She has worked over 20 years in the Insurance, Broking and Consulting industry in both Asia and Australia, with a focus on Consulting across Asia in the HR, wellbeing and employee health & benefits space. She is an ambassador of diversity and inclusion in the workplace across Asia, driving thought leadership and related solutions on mental wellbeing, aging workforce and structuring inclusive rewards programs.
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Anne Situ Regional Reward Lead for Asia at Macquarie Group |
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Anne is the Regional Reward Lead for Asia, overseeing reward and benefit activities for 11 markets operating in Asia. She is also the Country HR Lead for Hong Kong.
Anne joined Macquarie Group in 2018, focusing on driving regional compensation and benefit strategies and wellbeing offerings for employees. During this time she has also led the diversity and inclusion initiatives and development of inclusive benefit policies.
Anne graduated from the University of New South Wales in Australia with a double major in accounting and information systems. She is a chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants ANZ.
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John Deegan Senior Partner and MMB Multinational Leader, Mercer Marsh Benefits |
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John is a Senior Partner and leads the MMB Multinational Client segment, consisting of 600 clients and over 200 people located around the world. MMB Multinational work with large multi-country clients who opt to have one strategic partner for their global employee health and benefits programs. These clients choose MMB as their partner for their Consulting, Broking (GBM) and Technology (Darwin) requirements and this is an area of rapid growth given multinational clients' desire to engage, attract and retain talent through delivery of an attractive and relevant benefits program catering for today's multi-generational workforce. John has over 30 years' experience in the employee benefits and pension industry, 21 of these being with Mercer and Marsh. He is based in Dublin but travels extensively. Prior to his current role he has fulfilled a number of senior business leadership roles in both Marsh and Mercer. John is passionate about health, employee benefits, and the impact of technology on our future.
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Pei Wen Lee SVP, Sales Leader, Asia & Singapore, Mercer Marsh Benefits |
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Pei Wen is responsible for leading a team of project managers in Asia and Singapore whom are specialized in benefits project transformation, change management and delivering seamless transitional experience for new clients with MMB. Pei Wen is well placed in providing clients with holistic solutions on benefits consulting, insurance brokerage services, digital solution/ technology implementation and employee wellbeing program. Pei Wen has more than 10 years of experience in overseeing change management on various scale of benefits project & implementation. In her years of experience, she has worked with more than 500 clients in the change management journey. Pei Wen’s extensive experience in employee benefits market on account and project management has enabled client satisfaction and earned recommendations from clients to accredit MMB’s track record.
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Dr. Kieran Rogers Regional Reward Lead for Asia at Macquarie Group |
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Kieran is the founder and CEO of Momentum, a private health clinic in Central that offers physiotherapy, chiropractic care, stretch and massage therapy, health coaching, and corporate health programmes. Momentum offers an integrated, holistic-driven approach to pain care, injury management, and longevity health needs. As an education-based health business, Kieran, and his team support clients to build the foundations for a sustainable, healthy lifestyle by implementing a client care framework that forecasts preventative health.
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Ambra Debernardi Director of Multinational Business and Broker Development – Group Corporate Solutions, AIA Group |
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Ambra joined AIA Group in 2016 and she is now the Director of Multinational Business and Broker Development, Group Corporate Solutions. Her focus is on structuring and delivering AIA Regional Solutions’ propositions pertaining to Employee Benefits for MNC clients across Asia-Pacific. With over 18 years’ experience in the Insurance industry and holding a MBA from the University of Liverpool, Ambra brings a wealth of knowledge and insights into servicing captive and pooling clients across the Globe. Having spent 20 years in the APAC Region and proficient in several languages including Mandarin, Ambra has developed a thorough understanding of market dynamics and clients’ requirements.
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Andrew Merrilees Managing Director, Bupa (Asia) Ltd and Quality Healthcare Limited |
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Managing Director, Bupa (Asia) Ltd and Quality Healthcare Limited
Andrew has over 20 years working in the insurance industry sector specializing in employee benefits. Andrew has worked for both global and local medical insurers. Andrew has also spent a number of years working for global broking/consulting firms. Over this time Andrew has developed an ability to understand business needs and translate those needs into viable business solutions and benefits programs. He is a strong believer in early intervention of illnesses particularly chronic disease and sees this a growth area in Asia in the coming decade. Andrew sits on a few healthcare boards and is s strong proponent of integrated health care. Prior to moving to Asia, Andrew was regarded as one of the medical insurance experts in Australia. With over 10 years in Asia, working across many geographies he is very keen to leave HK with a legacy that is delivering better healthcare outcomes.
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Richard Roper Partner and Health & Benefits Leader Hong Kong at Mercer Marsh Benefits |
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Richard is a Partner based in Hong Kong and leads the MMB Hong Kong and Macau business. An experienced Financial Services Industry professional and Board member, Richard previously worked for JLT in the UK and Hong Kong, enhancing JLT’s data analytics, health and wellbeing and benchmarking consulting propositions and introducing the ‘Benpal’ benefit technology platform to the region.
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Mike Khan MMB Multinational Client Leader, Mercer Marsh Benefits, Asia and Pacific |
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Mike is the MMB Multinational Client Leader for Asia and the Pacific, overseeing existing GBM and Darwin client portfolio in the regions. Mike began his career in JLT as a local broker specialising in technology deployment (BenPal). He joined MMB Multinational via the 2018 acquisition of JLT Group, focusing on client relationships in Growth and Account Director roles in London. He is currently based in Singapore, connecting with clients to help them navigate their GBM journey, with a particular focus on Financing, Mobility Insurances, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Stewardship and Governance.
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Joan Collar Asia and Pacific Regional Leader, Mercer Marsh Benefits |
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Joan Collar leads Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB), the Employee Health & Benefits business formed by the combination of the Marsh McLennan companies Mercer and Marsh in Asia and the Pacific. She is based in Singapore and manages the employee benefits business spanning 14 countries where she leads the strategy and growth across the two regions. Joan started her career in employee benefits over 25 years ago, with the last 15 years in MMB. Joan has authored numerous publications and is an accomplished speaker who participates in speaking engagements across Asia, delivering MMB’s thought leadership on key issues such as healthcare, choice benefits, insurance risk management and mental health.
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Jasper Yip Partner and Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking Asia Pacific, Oliver Wyman |
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Jasper is a Partner in the Financial Services practice in Oliver Wyman’s Hong Kong Office, and is the Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking practice in Asia Pacific. Jasper has worked with various financial institutions across the region, advising their corporate strategy, target operating model design, greenfield business setup and strategic partnership / acquisition. Jasper is the co-author of the latest OW publications “China (Re)Entry for Globals: Starting the New Chapter” and “China Asset Management at an Infection Point”. Jasper holds a bachelor degree in BBA (Global Business and Finance) from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.
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Karen Tse MMB Multinational Commercial Director – Asia Pacific, Mercer Marsh Benefits |
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Karen is part of the Multinational team at MMB and her coverage is across Asia Pacific. Her current focuses are around global and regional benefit advisory for multinational clients, and in particular she looks after our global benefits management solutions. She has worked with onboarding some of MMB’s largest regional clients, working with them on change management across complex broking, consulting and digital solutions. Karen comes from over fifteen years’ of HR consulting and employee benefits experience. She has a deep knowledge of local benefit broking services, flexible benefits, benefit harmonization and integration projects. She has acted as an advisor and consultant to numerous benefit consulting projects, and held a number of account management and sales leadership positions during her time with MMB based out of Hong Kong. She has also worked hand-in hand with local teams, insurers and vendors to build our local value proposition and go-to-market strategy.
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Dr Graeme Riddell Climate & Sustainability Consulting Leader, Senior Vice President, Marsh Asia |
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Graeme leads Climate & Sustainability Consulting across Asia within Marsh Advisory. In this role, he supports our clients analyze and prepare for the risks emerging from their sustainability transformation and create more resilient assets, value chains, and strategies and has delivered ESG and climate-related risk projects across the region and a range of industries. Before joining Marsh Advisory he led research into climate-related and emerging risks for our parent company Marsh McLennan and managed our relationships with high-level organisations including the WEF on global risk issues and was an author of the Global Risks Report. Graeme was also a climate risk and resilience consultant with the World Bank supporting the integration of climate change into risk management strategies. He has held a range of academic positions and consulted to public and private entities on ESG and climate risks across Asia Pacific including financial services, power utilities and logistics companies.
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Emily Li Chief Employee Benefits and Wellness Officer, AXA Hong Kong and Macau |
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Emily Li is the Chief Employee Benefits and Wellness Officer of AXA Hong Kong and Macau. She is responsible for managing corporate employee benefits business portfolio and strategic planning of life and health insurance business and steering the wellness strategy for AXA Hong Kong and Macau. Emily joined AXA in 2004 and was appointed as Chief Employee Benefits and Wellness Officer in 2021. She has extensive experience in building distribution channels, client servicing and business development in employee benefits, as well as developing best practices in strategy consulting and overseeing the development of operational plans aligned with customer centricity for 20 years. Emily is a delegate of the Medical Insurance Association under The Hong Kong Federation of Insurers (HKFI), which she devotes her professionalism and expertise to the industry.
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