John Chen is appointed as Member of the Asia Management Team, President of Swiss Re China, effective 1June 2016. He also takes up the position of General Manager of Beijing Branch. John has about 20 years of experience primarily working in the insurance industry in both China and overseas. Prior to joining Swiss Re, John was the Chief Actuarial Officer & Member of the Executive Committee of PICC P&C from 2007 to March 2016. He took the responsibility for product development, pricing strategy and significant involvement in the company's strategic decision-making processes. Before that, he was General Manager of Product Development for PICC P&C and has worked for PICC P&C for about 11 years in total. John also served on the Solvency Standard Board and other working committees of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, including involvement in the development of C-ROSS standards in China. Before PICC P&C, John worked with Deloitte/Finity Consulting as Senior Consultant based in Sydney for about two years, responsible for consulting assignments in innovative pricing methods, customer insights analysis, predictive modelling, risk margin evaluation and capital modelling. He also spent some years with CGU Insurance (part of IAG) based in Melbourne and with Airbus Industries based in Beijing/Toulouse. John holds a PhD in Econometrics from Monash University, Australia and a BSc in Applied Maths from Tsinghua University, China.