Group Executive Committee

Appointments

Appointed to the Board: February 2023

Anil is a standing attendee of the Audit, Nomination & Governance, Remuneration and Risk Committees and the Responsibility & Sustainability Working Group.

Career

Prior to joining Prudential, Anil served as President and CEO of Manulife Asia where he successfully grew and transformed its diversified and multi-channel business with significant market share gains in many key markets and made it the company’s largest source of core earnings. Prior to this, he spent 25 years with Citi in Asia Pacific, EMEA and the US, in a number of consumer financial services roles.

Anil holds a Master’s Degree in Management Studies from the Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from the Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics.

Relevant skills and experience for Prudential

With more than 30 years of experience in markets around the world, Anil is a global financial leader with significant expertise, particularly in Asia

Anil has a proven track record of successful digital transformation, having led the modernisation of technology platforms across 13 markets in Asia in his role at Manulife

Appointments

Appointed Chief Risk and Compliance Officer and member of the Group Executive Committee: April 2022

Avnish is a standing attendee of the Board and of the Risk and Audit Committees.

Relevant skills and Experience

In his role as Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, Avnish is responsible for the Group's risk management and compliance activities.

Before he was appointed as CRCO in April 2022, Avnish had held the position of Chief Risk Officer of Prudential Corporation Asia since July 2018. He was responsible for regulatory compliance, risk management and corporate governance across all of the Group’s insurance and asset management businesses in Asia and Africa. He joined Prudential in August 2014.

Before joining Prudential, Avnish was the Asia chief risk officer for Aviva for six years. He also worked at Bank of America for 14 years in various capital markets trading and risk roles across Asia.

Avnish is a Chartered Accountant who worked with PwC in India and Ernst & Young in Dubai.

Appointments

Appointed Group Chief Financial Officer and member of the Group Executive Committee: May 2023

Ben is a standing attendee of the Board and of the Audit and Risk Committees.

Relevant skills and experience

Ben was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Prudential in May 2023. As CFO, he is responsible for managing the Finance function, including all aspects of financial reporting and planning such as performance management including planning and forecasting, financial reporting, capital management and investment management as well as the Group Actuarial function, strategy, investor relations and sustainability.

Ben joined Prudential in 1997 and has held various leadership roles including CFO, Insurance and Asset Management, regional CFO of Prudential Asia, CFO of Eastspring Investments, the Group’s asset management business, CFO of Prudential Hong Kong’s Life and General Insurance businesses and Chief Accountant of Prudential Asia.

Ben is a Chartered Accountant (The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) and holds a Bachelor's degree from The London School of Economics.

Appointments

Appointed Chief Executive Officer Eastspring Investments Group and member of the Group Executive Committee: September 2023

Relevant skills and experience

Having served as Chief Investment Officer of Eastspring since May 2022, Bill was appointed interim Chief Executive Officer in April 2023, an appointment which was made permanent in September 2023.

As CEO of Eastspring Investments, Bill is a member of Eastspring’s Board of Directors, chairs the Eastspring Executive Management Committee and has overall responsibility for the management and strategic development of the firm. As CIO since May 2022, Bill spearheads Eastspring’s investment platform across equities, fixed income, multi-asset, quantitative and alternatives, overseeing investment strategies and products.

Bill has 30 years of asset management experience and a strong track record in leading investment teams globally. Prior to joining Eastspring as Head of Equities in September 2021, Bill served as the Asia Pacific Chief Investment Officer and Global Chief Investment Officer, Equities at HSBC Global Asset Management.

Bill holds an MBA from Cranfield University, a Doctorate in Laser Physics from Oxford University and a Bachelor's Degree in Physics from Sussex University, UK and Uppsala University, Sweden.

Appointments

Appointed Chief Human Resources Officer and member of the Group Executive Committee: April 2023

Relevant skills and experience

In her role as Chief Human Resources Officer, Catherine leads Prudential’s Group-wide people and culture agenda, to build a high performance organization where great talent is engaged, inspired and developed.

Catherine joined from StarHub, Singapore, where she had been Chief HR Officer since 2018, driving workforce optimisation, culture transformation, talent development and employee engagement. She also chaired the company’s Covid-19 task force. Before leading the HR function at StarHub, Catherine held global and regional senior HR leadership roles in LEGO, United Overseas Bank, Dell Inc. in Singapore and Shanghai.

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree with Honours in Social Sciences from the National University of Singapore. She served as a Nominations Committee member of Daughters of Tomorrow (Singapore) and was a board member of the Singapore Breast Cancer Foundation.

Appointments

Appointed Managing Director, Strategic Business Group and member of the Group Executive Committee: July 2022

Relevant skills and experience

Dennis has been CEO of Prudential Singapore since March 2020 and was appointed Managing Director of the Strategic Business Group covering Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam in July 2022. 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, he was with OCBC Bank for 10 years, seven of which were spent as head of consumer financial services. Dennis 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. He is president of the Life Insurance Association’s Management Committee and a council member at IBF Singapore.

Dennis has completed the Asian Financial Leaders Programme from Temasek Management Services & Singapore Management University, the Investing in Alternative Investments Program at Yale School of Management and the Stanford Executive Program at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from Indiana University.

Appointments

Appointed Managing Director, Strategic Business Group and member of the Group Executive Committee: July 2022

Relevant skills and experience

Lilian is Managing Director of the Strategic Business Group, responsible for the insurance operations covering the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan; and the Group-wide customer, distribution and marketing strategy across the network of insurance businesses.

Lilian spearheads the Groupwide customer strategy and the corresponding strategic framework for customer segmentation and proposition, distribution, marketing and customer care to deliver customer success and drive customer advocacy.

Lilian is also the Chair of the Board of Prudential Hong Kong Limited and a Director at CITIC Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited. Lilian has been part of the Prudential family for over 25 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 and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Macquarie University.

Appointments

Appointed Managing Director, Strategic Business Group and member of the Group Executive Committee: July 2022

Relevant skills and experience

Solmaz is Managing Director of the Strategic Business Group covering India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Africa.

He is also accountable for the Group’s Digital and Technology functions and is driving the business transformation, accelerating our customer delivery through multi-channel models and strengthening our customer engagement platforms, including Pulse.

Solmaz joined Prudential as Group Strategic Transformation Officer in May 2022, with 25 years’ experience leading business change and growth in the financial services industry. His most recent role before joining Prudential was as regional Chief Executive Officer of Asia-Pacific at Allianz.

Solmaz holds a DiplomÖkonom, Banking and Economics from the University of Duisburg-Essen.