Prudential Assurance Company Singapore Pte Ltd
Senior Financial Services Director

Being an Agency Leader for the past 28 years with numerous company and industry awards, he strongly believes in upholding the professional excellence in the financial industry to advance the entire landscape of financial services for the betterment of lives. He believes that everyone CAN make a difference. His agency has consistently been in the top 10% within the company.

Roland’s heartbeat is to give back to the society through an intergeneration movement, particularly in impacting the X and Y generations. In the past 2 decades, he has been actively involvedin community and humanitarian work in various countries, touching lives in a holistic and integrated manner simultaneously.

Prior to his involvement in community and humanitarian work, Roland has been a moderator of the Australian LUTC programme through Life Underwriters Association (the predecessor of IFPAS).

Roland is currently part of the 7-member STAR team that represents about 20,000 financial practitioners engaging MAS on the FAIR issue. Currently an IBF Fellow, he actively participated in the discussion of progressing a comprehensive competency road map for financial advisers that birthed to the IBF Standards for Financial Planning.

His journey in the IFPAS EXCO started in 2012 and have served different portfolios – from a Council Member (2012/13), Vice President for Education & Training (2013/14, 2014/15), President-elect (2015/16) and lastly, President (2016/17, 2017/18).

Just like a drop of water would create a ripple effect in the ocean, Roland believes that his passion and insights in the financial industry for the past 31 years will be invaluable to the association. Even as he takes the role of Immediate Past President, he will continue to endeavour to move the association to a higher level, cultivate the new generation of leaders and ensure the expansion of the Premier Association in many fronts.

Senior Director, Financial Services
Manulife (Singapore) Pte Ltd

Maj. (Ret) Dennis Tan BBM, is a Senior Director, Financial Services. His wife Christine is a senior civil servant who retired in 2010. They have two sons; Desmond & Derek, age 40 & 36 respectively. Elder son Desmond is a partner in the distinguished law firm Lee & Lee. Younger son Derek is the MD of a Project Design Firm and business owner of a few other companies.

Maj. (Ret) Dennis Tan joined the financial services industry in late 1977 after he left the army and has been an active practitioner since (>39 years). Being a consistent and regular million dollar producer in the earlier years of his career, he had achieved many top awards and honours at company and industry levels. Some of those worthy of mention are: Top Divisional Manager (GE), Top Divisional Manager (JH), Special Eagle’s Award (JH) and Global Star of Excellence Award (ML). His crowning achievement is when he was acknowledged by his industry peers and accorded the highest accolade: “Practitioner of the Year 2000 – Commendation Award”.

In addition, he is also an active and prominent member of the industry since 1978 and held numerous key appointments in the various institutions. He is one of the very few pioneering and founding members still actively serving that helped oversee the development and growth of the LUA and GAMA. He has the rare distinction of being the only active practitioner who had served as President in the two key national bodies: - Life Underwriters’’ Association (LUA) in 1993/94 and General Agents & Managers’ Association (GAMA) in 2003/04. These two bodies are the predecessors of the Insurance & Financial Practitioners’ Association (IFPAS) and Financial Services Managers’ Association (FSMA) respectively. He also serves as an active member of the IFPAS STAR Team since 2012.

Maj. (Ret) Dennis Tan is a highly sought after industry Trainer & Coach and spoke at numerous local & overseas congress and seminars both within and without the industry. Besides being actively involved in the development of the industry, he also devoted much time towards Nation and Community building and serves actively in many community service clubs and grass-root organizations.

Prudential Assurance Company Singapore Pte Ltd
Senior Financial Services Director

The 30-year industry veteran had been a member of his company’s CEO council for more than a decade and seated in various committees, including products, operations, compliance and compensation.Mr. Leong Sow Hoehas been serving in the association since 2012 and also as Chairman of the IFPAS Alliance FAIR committeethe STAR Team.

The committee's continued engagement with the authorities demonstrated Sow Hoe's leadership and commitment to the well-being of the industry, as well as raised the professional profile of practitioners as people who put clients and community ahead of themselves. His valuable commitment and leadership led IFPAS to be rebranded as the voice of the industry which profiles itself to various stakeholders through skills development and social engagement.

Apart from his numerous leadership fronts, Sow Hoe has also headed the successful IFPAS-MediShield Life Probono 1-to-1 Consultation, which ended in mid-2016. This was made possible through our strong partnership with Ministry of Health, Prime Minister’s Office and People’s Association.

As a President-elect, he will continue to engage the authorities and related industry players to safeguard the interests of our industry and groom future leaders for IFPAS.

Mr Edmund Wee is a Senior Financial Consultant in the financial industry since 1987. Mr Edmund Wee is ever passionate and earnest in helping his clients find the best possible solutions to their financial needs. Mr Wee’s impressive industry track record similarly reflects his positive attitude to his line of work for the past 30 years.

Besides being an MDRT member from 2000 to 2003, he also served as President of the Insurance Financial Practitioners Association of Singapore (IFPAS) for two terms, from 2002 to 2003 and the second time from 2006 to 2007. During his term as elected IFPAS President, Mr Edmund Wee managed to boost its membership by a significant 10 percent. Mr Wee continues to serve IFPAS, currently taking on an Advisory Role from 2016 to 2018. Mr Edmund Wee had also been appointed by IFPAS as the Ambassador for the IFPAS-MediShield Life (MSL) Project for 2015-2016.

He has served in Asia Pacific Financial Services Association (APFinSA) in various key positions from 2011-2015. He continues to serve APFinSA today as its Immediate Past Chairman for the term 2015-2019.

Apart from the financial industry, Mr Edmund Wee is also very active in the community in Singapore. He is widely involved in grassroot activities and currently serves as the Asst. Hon. Treasurer of CCMC in Toa Payoh West-Balestier CC. Mr Edmund Wee is also the Vice Chairman of its Sports Club under Toa Payoh-West Balestier CC for 2017.

The 33-year industry veteran has been a member of his company’s CEO council for more than a decade and seated in various committees, including products, operations, compliance and compensation. Mr. Leong Sow Hoe has been serving the association since 2012 and also as Chairman of the IFPAS Alliance FAIR committee, the STAR Team.

The committee's continued engagement with the authorities demonstrated Sow Hoe's leadership and commitment to the well-being of the industry, as well as raised the professional profile of practitioners as people who put clients and community ahead of themselves. His valuable commitment and leadership led IFPAS to be rebranded as the voice of the industry which profiles itself to various stakeholders through skills development and social engagement.

Apart from his numerous leadership fronts, Sow Hoe has also headed the successful IFPAS-MediShield Life Probono 1-to-1 Consultation, which ended in mid-2016. This was made possible through our strong partnership with Ministry of Health and People’s Association. As the current President, he will continue to engage the authorities and related industry players to safeguard the interests of our industry and groom future leaders for IFPAS.