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Michael Lai

Board Member / Board Risk Management Committee at Great Eastern

Michael Lai possesses extensive experience in senior leadership roles across various sectors, particularly in the telecommunications and insurance industries. Currently serving as a Board Member and part of the Board Risk Management Committee at Great Eastern General Insurance (Malaysia) Berhad since October 2019, Michael has previously held positions such as Independent Non-Executive Director at G3 Global Berhad and Group Director of Corporate Development at MyRepublic. Notably, as CEO of Packet One Networks (P1), Michael established the first successful USD400 million 4G-WiMAX wireless operator in Southeast Asia. Additional leadership experience includes roles as CEO at TM Net Sdn Bhd and as Senior Vice President at Celcom Malaysia. Michael holds a Master of Business Administration from Oklahoma State University and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering from Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

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Great Eastern

Great Eastern Holdings Limited is a Singapore-based investment holding company. The Company's segments include Life Assurance, General Insurance and Shareholders. The Company's Life Assurance segment provides various types of products, such as life insurance, long-term health and accident insurance, annuity business written, and includes the unit-linked business. Its Life Assurance segment includes the Participating Business, Non-participating Business and Linked Business segments. Under the General Insurance business, it issues short term property and casualty contracts. Its Shareholders segment consists of the Fund Management and Financial Advisory Business, and Other Shareholders segments. The Fund Management and Financial Advisory Business segment provides fund management services for absolute return/balanced mandates with different risk-return characteristics, and manages a range of products, including Asia Pacific equities, Asian and global fixed income securities portfolios.


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