This insurance part of HSBC provides solutions that cater for retirement, protection, education, legacy planning, and wealth accumulation needs.

HSBC Insurance (Singapore) has appointed two senior executives to join its management team: Philip Pang as chief investment officer and How Chee Koon as chief product officer. 

Pang is responsible for developing, executing and overseeing the investment strategy of HSBC Life Singapore. Pang has over 15 years of experience in the insurance and investment sectors. He spent the last eight years at Prudential Singapore and NTUC Income Singapore, both as head of investment, overseeing asset allocation, external fund manager selection and monitoring, portfolio implementation and oversight, investment processes and governance, and the product management of ILP funds, HSBC said in a statement.  

Previously at HSBC, Pang worked for HSBC Global Asset Management in Hong Kong and Singapore, where he was responsible for providing investment solutions to the insurance business and other institutional clients.

As chief product officer, How is responsible for the strategic implementation and execution of new product developments and the management of HSBC Life Singapore’s product suite. 

How has almost 15 years of life insurance experience across areas including product development, actuarial pricing and valuation, data analytics, distribution and marketing. How was most recently head of consumer marketing at AIA Singapore, where he successfully rolled out several customer- and distributor-centric initiatives to grow the business. How holds a degree in actuarial science from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore.