Prudential plc appoints Solmaz Altin as Group Strategic Transformation Officer

29 Apr 2022

Prudential plc appoints Solmaz Altin as Group Strategic Transformation Officer

Prudential plc (Prudential) announces the appointment of Solmaz Altin to the new position of Group Strategic Transformation Officer (GSTO). Mr Altin will report to Interim Group CEO, Mark FitzPatrick, and will be based in Singapore. He will join the company on 1 May 2022.

Mr Altin brings with him 25 years' experience of leading business change and growth in the financial services industry. He was most recently Regional CEO, Asia-Pacific at Allianz, where he was responsible for improving its footprint and substantially increasing its operating profit, as well as establishing new insurance and asset management entities in China. He focused on driving change and enabling the business to accelerate its growth. Prior to that, Mr Altin was Group Chief Digital Officer at Allianz Group, driving lasting transformative and cultural changes with customer-centric digital strategies.

Mark FitzPatrick said: "As we continue to focus on resilience in our operational performance, while also building strong foundations for future growth, we need to drive change and increase our operational flexibility and capability as we build the capacity to serve 50 million customers by 2025.

"To achieve our growth ambitions, we need to build our talent and skill sets both from within the organisation and through selective additions of new insight, capacity and experience. As such, I'm delighted to welcome Solmaz to Prudential. He brings with him a unique blend of business and digital leadership experience to lead, accelerate and coordinate strategic change and growth across all our markets. From new products and solutions for our customers, to how we serve our existing customers faster and better through our multi-channel models, Solmaz will be driving the business transformation critical to how we continue to accelerate our customer delivery and strengthen our customer engagement platforms, including Pulse."

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Prudential plc provides life and health insurance and asset management in Asia and Africa. The business helps people get the most out of life, by making healthcare affordable and accessible and by promoting financial inclusion. Prudential protects people's wealth, helps them grow their assets, and empowers them to save for their goals. The business has more than 18 million life customers and is listed on stock exchanges in London (PRU), Hong Kong (2378), Singapore (K6S) and New York (PUK). Prudential is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential Financial, Inc. a company whose principal place of business is in the United States of America, nor with The Prudential Assurance Company Limited, a subsidiary of M&G plc, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom.