Board of Directors

Matthias Yao

Chairman

Mr. Matthias Yao is an independent non-executive Chairman at Tokio Marine Insurance Singapore Ltd. Additionally, he is a member of the Audit Committee.

Currently, he is also the Chairman of Tokio Marine Life Insurance Singapore Ltd. and sits on the board of Agmonton Pte. Ltd. He is also a Trustee of National Trades Union Congress.

Mr. Yao started his career with the Civil Service in 1980 as an Administrative Officer with rotation of postings to Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Community Development and Ministry of Communications and Information. He was elected into Parliament in 1991, and held the position of Senior Parliamentary Secretary before becoming Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence and the Prime Minister’s Office. He was a Deputy Speaker of Parliament before his retirement from public service. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Yao was a Board member with the Housing & Development Board, Deputy Chairman of NTUC Income and Special Adviser to the Board of NTUC Income. After his retirement, Mr. Yao held independent non-executive directorship positions in iFast Corporation Ltd and iFast Financial Pte Ltd.

He obtained his Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

AK Cher

CEO & Managing Director

Philippe Vezio

Director

Mr. Vezio joined Tokio Marine Asia in April 2019. He has extensive exposure and experience in the insurance business both in operational and senior management roles. He was most recently the Managing Director at Tokio Marine HCC leading the Financial Lines division. As CTO, he is overseeing Underwriting, Risk Manangement and P&C Claims operations in the region.

Hiroyuki Hata

Managing Director

Tham Chee Soon

Independent Director

Mr Tham Chee Soon is a Chartered Accountant, a Fellow of ISCA. He spent 31 years at Ernst & Young (“EY”) before taking early retirement, after 14 years as an Audit Partner in June 2018 and set up his own practice, iCFO Advisors Pte Ltd. At EY, he was an audit partner responsible for the audits of both listed companies and MNCs, including insurance companies.

He was appointed as independent director of Tokio Marine Insurance Singapore Ltd. on 11 July 2024 and he is also a member of the Audit Committee. He currently also sits on the board of other organisations which include CH Offshore Ltd and Vinfast Auto Ltd.

Mr. Tham Chee Soon holds the qualification of FCPA (Singapore), US CPA (AICPA), CPA Australia, CFA Charterholder and Licensed Insolvency Practitioner.