14th Asia Insurance Industry Awards 14th Asia Insurance Industry ...

Judges
Dr Huang Tien-Mu
Director General, Insurance Bureau,
Financial Supervisory Commission, Taiwan
Dr Huang took office as Director General of the Insurance
Bureau under the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC)
in March 2005. He has more than 20 years’ experience in
the regulation of the banking industry.
He previously served in such posts as Acting Director
General of the Bureau of Examination, Secretary General
of the FSC and Deputy Director General of the Bureau
of Monetary Affairs (currently the Banking Bureau under
the FSC).
As a regulator, Dr Huang is concerned with maintaining
confidence in insurance markets and protecting the
interests of consumers. He has spearheaded several
measures to review the industry’s solvency capability and
improve financial literacy.
Dr Huang holds a Bachelor of
Commerce Degree (Major in Banking)
from National Chengchi University,
a Master’s Degree of Law (Major in
Public-Policy) from National Sun
Yat-Sen University and a Doctor of
Public Administration degree from
the University of Southern California.
He is also a member of the board
of directors of Taiwan Tobacco and
Liquor Company and Taiwan Insurance
Institute. Dr Huang has been a part-time associate professor
(teaching management of public organisation and financial
regulatory policy) in the Soochow University since 1993.
Isa Rachmatarwata
Chief of Insurance Bureau, Insurance Bureau, Indonesia
Mr Rachmatarwata is the Head of Insurance Bureau in the
Ministry of Finance of Indonesia. He has been responsible
for the preparation of relevant policies and regulations
on insurance business since May 2006. He also manages
insurance business supervisory activities in Indonesia.
Before taking on his current responsibilities, Mr
Rachmatarwata was in charge of policy development
and public information for private pension funds in the
Directorate of Pension Funds. Under the same Directorate,
he also managed pension examination activities. He spent
almost 10 years with the Directorate of Pension Funds.
Mr Rachmatarwata headed the Government Unit for
the Implementation of Deposit Blanket Guarantee from
February 2004 to December 2005 and had supervised the
payment of deposits to customers of
closed banks.
A graduate from the Institute of
Technology of Bandung with a Bachelor’s
Degree in Mathematics, and the University
of Waterloo with a Master’s Degree in
Actuarial Science, Mr Rachmatarwata
is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries of
Indonesia and an associate of the Society
of Actuaries (US). He has served as a
member of several committees in the
Society of Actuaries of Indonesia, including the Education
and Examination Committee.
Alan J Wilson
Regional Co-Chief Executive Officer, MSIG Holdings (Asia) Pte Ltd
Mr Wilson is the Chief Executive Officer of MSIG
Holdings (Asia) Pte Ltd, the Singapore-based Asia regional
management office of the Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance
Company.
Prior to joining MSIG Asia, he was the Asia CEO at
Allianz, a position he held for over five years from 1999. In
this role, he assumed overall responsibility for managing
20 general, life and health insurance operations across 14
countries. He later served on several boards in Asia for
Allianz and for other groups such as Parkway.
Mr Wilson joined Allianz from Guardian Royal
Exchange Assurance Group where, over the course of 21
years, he held various senior positions
with progressive responsibilities, most
recently as the Asia Managing Director,
where he managed general, health and
life insurance business in 11 countries.
A British national and a Singapore
Permanent Resident, Mr Wilson has
lived and worked in Asia since 1982 in
countries such as Hong Kong, Indonesia,
Pakistan and Singapore.
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Asia Insurance Industry Awards 2010