Headquarters:
Singapore (APAC)
Year founded:
1908
Number of employees:
359
Phone:
+65 6664 8633
Website:
merzaesthetics.com
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/merz-aesthetics-inc.
“We put our customers at the centre of our business, responding to brokers in a proactive and timely manner and working with the customer to understand their unique risk profile and tailor appropriate solutions”
Erica Kofie, QBE
Lawrence Siow
President, Merz Aesthetics
Asia Pacific
Karen Tay
Associate Vice President,
Core Services Asia Pacific
Matt Mannix
General Manager, ANCA Motion
Leadership
Lawrence Siow leads strategy and operations for the Merz Aesthetics business in the Asia-Pacific region. He brings 20 years of experience in leadership, marketing, sales, and market entry in Asia, as well as experience managing and growing prescription medication, medical device, and self-treatment consumer brand businesses. His professional experience includes serving as general manager for Mundipharma in Southeast Asia, vice president for Stiefel Laboratories Asia Pacific, and work with Abbott Medical Optics and Abbot Laboratories. Before entering the pharmaceutical industry, he worked in advertising for DMB&B and Ogilvy & Mather. He joined Merz Asia Pacific in 2013.
President, Merz Aesthetics Asia Pacific
Lawrence Siow
Karen Tay is an accomplished HR leader with over 15 years of progressive experience across five industries. As part of the regional leadership team, she has successfully driven business strategy through effective people strategies and solutions, working in partnership with senior business leaders on talent and succession management, organizational development, and change management. In addition to her professional work, she is also a Certified Business Coach for the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches and utilizes her Harrison Assessments accreditation as a tool to facilitate leaders’ growth and transformation.
Associate Vice President, Core Services Asia Pacific
Karen Tay
Matt Mannix, general manager of ANCA Motion, brings his experience as ANCA CNC machines engineering manager, including in research and technology, new product development, custom solutions, and current products across multiple continents. He has an Executive MBA from Melbourne Business School and a foundation in operations, where he finds and improves efficiencies and productivity through optimised process design and manufacturing systems integration.
An expert in Industry 4.0, Mannix knows that for ANCA to continue being successful, he needs to lead a team that understands how the continuous evolution of technology will impact the industry.
General Manager, ANCA Motion
Matt Mannix
“We put our customers at the centre of our business, responding to brokers in a proactive and timely manner and working with the customer to understand their unique risk profile and tailor appropriate solutions”
Erica Kofie, QBE
“We continue to see cyber as a key opportunity and will be further developing customer-centric solutions across various geographies and segments in line with our growth aspirations”
Erica Kofie, QBE
Leadership
“We continue to see cyber as a key opportunity and will be further developing customer-centric solutions across various geographies and segments in line with our growth aspirations”
Erica Kofie, QBE
“We put our customers at the centre of our business, responding to brokers in a proactive and timely manner and working with the customer to understand their unique risk profile and tailor appropriate solutions”
Erica Kofie, QBE
Leadership
Nicholas Doyle
General Manager, ANCA Sheet Metal Solutions
Nicholas Doyle brings over 25 years of experience in engineering, manufacturing, systems, and quality to his role as general manager of ANCA Sheet Metal Solutions. Prior to this role, Nicholas moved from a CAD/CAM engineering role in Australia to manufacturing manager at ANCA CNC Machines Thailand after overseeing the transition of the existing plant to a larger facility. Doyle is committed to developing a strong ASM team focused on customer satisfaction, cost reduction, and process improvements.
General Manager, ANCA Sheet Metal Solutions
Nicholas Doyle
Edmund Boland
General Manager, ANCA CNC Machines
Edmund Boland is the general manager of ANCA CNC Machines, where he is responsible for overseeing nine regional offices. With in-depth ANCA experience over 15 years across several roles, Boland was previously the general manager for ANCA Europe.
He brings a broad range of expertise to his current role, having worked in finance, operations, and the applications teams. Before joining the European team, he led the global supply chain to successfully guide ANCA through the COVID-19 pandemic, the most disruptive supply chain event in living memory.
General Manager, ANCA CNC Machines
Edmund Boland
Merz Aesthetics is a medical aesthetics business with a long history of empowering health care professionals, patients, and employees to live every day with confidence. It aims to help people around the world look, feel, and live as the best versions of themselves — however they define it.
Clinically proven and category leading, Merz Aesthetics’ product portfolio includes injectables, devices, and skin care treatments designed to meet each patient’s unique needs with high standards of safety and efficacy. Being family-owned for more than 115 years, Merz Aesthetics is known for building unique connections with customers who feel like family. Merz Aesthetics’ global headquarters is in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, and the company has a commercial presence in 52 territories worldwide.
The regional management team, based in the APAC headquarters in Singapore, spearheads Merz Aesthetics’ APAC operations and expansion. Merz Aesthetics is a part of Merz Group, which was founded in 1908 and is based in Frankfurt, Germany.
“We continue to see cyber as a key opportunity and will be further developing customer-centric solutions across various geographies and segments in line with our growth aspirations”
Erica Kofie, QBE
David Phillips
Chief Investment Officer
Keith Schlosser
Global Chief Information Officer
Dan Draper
Group Chief Underwriting Officer
Simon Williams
Chief Strategy & Distribution Officer, Arch Insurance International
and Active Underwriter, Syndicate 1955
David Phillips joined AXIS Capital as chief investment officer in April 2014. With more than 25 years of experience in investments, he previously served as head of investments for PartnerRe, where he had management and asset allocation responsibilities for public fixed income, public equities, private equities, and alternative fixed income. Prior to PartnerRe, he was the director of research and a portfolio manager at Oppenheimer Capital, an institutional money manager based in New York City. Phillips is a CFA charterholder and received an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an AB from Princeton University.
Chief Investment Officer
David Phillips
Keith Schlosser is global chief information officer at AXIS Capital, where he leads the company’s global information technology and data strategy. He is also responsible for driving change throughout the organisation by delivering high-quality, future-oriented IT services in line with AXIS Capital’s business strategy. Schlosser has more than 30 years of insurance industry experience, spanning roles in information technology, business solutions, marketing and sales. Prior to AXIS, he served as chief information officer for Chubb’s Overseas General Insurance division, where he spearheaded a number of growth, innovation, digital and change initiatives. Before that, he served as CIO at The Travelers Companies international division. Schlosser was also a vice president for marketing technology and web communications at AIG.
Global Chief Information Officer
Keith Schlosser
Dan Draper was appointed group chief underwriting officer in September 2022. He had previously served for more than two years as group head of underwriting at AXIS. Prior to that, he had been group chief risk and actuarial officer at VIBE. Before joining VIBE, Draper spent eight years with AXIS, holding a number of leadership roles that included group chief actuary, chief risk analytics officer, and insurance segment chief risk officer. Before that, he held managerial positions at the Financial Services Authority, XL Capital, and EY.
Group Chief Underwriting Officer
Dan Draper
Kimi leads the Estate Planning and Wealth Protection team and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She understands the complex and delicate nature of family estate planning, the technical requirements around probate and estate administration, and the importance of preserving wealth for future generations. Her advice is accurate, commercial, strategic and tailored to each situation.
Partner
Kimi Shah
Kimi leads the Estate Planning and Wealth Protection team and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She understands the complex and delicate nature of family estate planning, the technical requirements around probate and estate administration, and the importance of preserving wealth for future generations. Her advice is accurate, commercial, strategic and tailored to each situation.
Partner
Kimi Shah
Kimi leads the Estate Planning and Wealth Protection team and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She understands the complex and delicate nature of family estate planning, the technical requirements around probate and estate administration, and the importance of preserving wealth for future generations. Her advice is accurate, commercial, strategic and tailored to each situation.
Partner
Kimi Shah
“Despite the challenging claims environment, QBE’s coverage and risk appetite have remained consistent. Brokers and customers know and understand our risk appetite and the cover we offer, providing them with certainty for the future,” says Erica Kofie, head of cyber proposition. “We put our customers at the centre of our business, responding to brokers in a proactive and timely manner and working with the customer to understand their unique risk profile and tailor appropriate solutions.”
Kofie adds, “Through 2022, QBE successfully delivered significant growth in the cyber sector, reflecting the depth and strength of our team. We continue to see cyber as a key opportunity and will be further developing customer-centric solutions across various geographies and segments in line with our growth aspirations.”
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