MR JAYAKUMAR A/L SOMASUNDRAM

Malaysia

Male

63

Independent Director

Independent and Non Executive

Mr Jayakumar has more than 36 years of experience and is familiar with all the key areas in the non-life insurance industry. He spent a greater part of his career, a total of 21 years, in Tokio Marine Insurans (Malaysia) Berhad (Tokio Marine) until his retirement on 26 November 2020. Mr Jayakumar has over the years held several senior management roles in Tokio Marine including that of Chief Executive Officer, Executive Advisor, Senior Advisor, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer. His recent experiences include that of re-structuring of the company and the business with a view to profitability as well as demands for the de-tariff/liberalized market. He had also led the team for the liberalization of Motor and Fire which successfully launched the new Motor GLM and new products and pricing for Fire.
He is passionate about the insurance industry and has contributed by serving in the general insurance association as well as other insurance related organizations, inter-alia, he acted as a Council Member of Fire Protection Association of Malaysia (FPAM), Management Committee of Persatuan Insurans Am Malaysia (PIAM) and Council Member of Malaysian Motor Insurance Pool (MMIP).

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