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.