Pankaj Banerjee joins Manulife as Chief Distribution Officer for Asia

He will also be a member of the company's Global Leadership Team.

Manulife has appointed Pankaj Banerjee as its Chief Distribution Officer for Asia.

Pankaj will be responsible for growing, developing, and digitising Manulife's agency force across its Asian markets. He will also focus on further strengthening Manulife's bancassurance capabilities whilst driving the adoption of digital channels and tools.

He succeeds Vibha Coburn, who currently serves as CEOr of Manulife Malaysia.

Pankaj brings over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry across Asia. He joins Manulife from AIA, where he most recently served as CEO, Group Partnership Distribution, covering all markets of AIA Group. Pankaj was previously CEO of AIA Sri Lanka, where he led various business transformation initiatives, including the development of a full-time quality agency model. Before AIA, Pankaj was with Prudential for nearly 10 years working across Southeast Asia, including serving as the founding CEO of Prudential Cambodia.