John Cai has over twenty years’ experience in the insurance industry – both in Asia and the United States. John spent the first decade of his career in sales, starting as an agent in New York City. In 2003 he moved back to Asia as Chief Agency Officer of AXA Hong Kong and four years later he was appointed CEO of AXA Hong Kong.

John has been CEO of AIA China since 2009 and has spearheaded the impressive growth of AIA China into one of AIA’s largest and fastest growing businesses. Since IPO in 2010, AIA China has grown its Value of New Business (VONB) by eight times and Operating Profit After Tax (OPAT) by five and a half times.

In 2016 John and his team produced another outstanding year for AIA China with VONB up 54 per cent, achieving for the first time more than half a billion US dollars of VONB. Under John’s leadership, AIA has been recognised as the Best Employer in China by Aon Hewitt for two consecutive years.