Mr Richard Poon ,
MBA, CPA, CMA (Canada), CFA
Regional Chief Financial Officer
AIA Group
Richard Poon joined AIA in November 2018 as Regional CFO responsible for all financial reporting related functions in Group Finance as well as Group Corporate Center finance, the Group Finance Shared Services group and the group-wide implementation of the new insurance accounting standard IFRS 17.
Prior to joining AIA, Richard worked in various roles including Senior Vice President and Group Finance Director at FWD Group, CFO of Designated Markets in MetLife Asia and Deputy Regional Controller with Manulife Asia. Besides his roles in Hong Kong, Richard has also worked in both Japan and Canada where he held senior finance positions. Richard is a strategic finance professional with strong business partnership exposure and has more than 25 years of global experience.
Richard holds a master’s degree in business administration from York University Canada and is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CMA) of Canada as well as a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder.