Patrick Houghton Wale

British

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Fellowship of Chartered Insurance Institute Associateship of Australian Insurance Institute Associateship of Insurance Institute of New Zealand

Mr Patrick Houghton Wale joined the Aviva Insurance Group in New Zealand in 1961 and was transferred for oversea postings to Africa and India. He was the Country Manager in Hong Kong and Malaysia in 1980 and 1982 respectively, followed by promotion to Regional Managing Director for Asia in Singapore in 1990. He led the merger of Commercial Union Assurance Co Ltd and General Accident Insurance Asia Ltd across the Asian region in 1998, and the acquisition of Insurance Corporation of Singapore in Singapore in 2001. In 2004, he was a member of the Aviva team responsible for selling Aviva Asia’s General Insurance businesses to Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance which resulted in the merger of the two company’s Asian Regional Offices in Singapore and a name change to MSIG Holdings (Asia) Pte Ltd (“MSIG Holdings”), plus the merger of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd and Aviva Insurance Berhad in Malaysia. Thereafter, Mr. Wale became the Chief Executive Officer of MSIG Holdings until his retirement on 1 April 2008.

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