Group CEO Profile

Lennard Yong, Group CEO, Tricor Lennard Yong
Group CEO
Lennard joined Tricor Group in January 2018 as the Group CEO and Managing Director. In this role, he is responsible for the Group’s strategy and commercial operations of Tricor that spans across 22 markets with ~3,000 employees mainly in Asia Pacific, London and the offshore centres.

Prior to Tricor, his international experience spanned across a range of financial services, including Insurance, Asset Management and Banking. Lennard has worked and lived in Australia, Asia and Europe, leading global financial services companies such as ING Group, MetLife and FTLife. He has held CEO roles in these financial services companies and in his corporate experience managed: turnaround situations, setting up a joint-venture, mergers and acquisition, and divestment of a US$2bn company (in 2012).

Lennard is an active contributor to the Hong Kong financial services industry. He was an advisor between 2014 – 2018 to the HK government’s Insurance Advisory Committee and the former Chairman of the HK Federation of Insurers – Life Insurance Council.

His professional accreditations include memberships at the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and Fellow CPA (Australia). He attended a Harvard Business School corporate program in 2015, IMD (Lausanne) corporate program in 2007. He has a Master of Commerce and a Bachelor of Business degree from two universities in Australia.

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Media Interviews

Video Interviews

Radio Interviews

Thought Leadership

Webinars

ASB LSEA Webinar_TricorGo
December 18, 2021
Thought Leadership

Leadership for Enterprise Sustainability Asia

Tricor Group CEO Lennard Yong was invited by Asia School of Business (ASB) to join the Human Capital that Works for Society, Enterprises, and People panel moderated by Sean O. Ferguson, Sr Associate Dean of ASB, to share Tricor’s ESG story and his perspective on sustainability and human capital.

KLSCCCI RCEP Webinar
September 21, 2021
Thought Leadership

RCEP: From ASEAN and Beyond - How Will Your Business Benefit From It?

Tricor Group CEO Lennard Yong was invited by The Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Kuala Lumpur & Selangor (KLSCCCI) in Malaysia to share his insights in the ‘RCEP – From ASEAN and Beyond’ webinar on how RCEP will affect businesses in ASEAN and how your business stands to benefit.

Webinar on Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP): Trade Tool for Business Recovery in East Asia
August 4, 2021
Thought Leadership

RCEP: Trade Tool for Business Recovery in East Asia

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) brings together 15 countries in East Asia, including all 10 ASEAN members, in the largest-ever free trade agreement, accounting for about 30% of the world’s GDP and population. Lennard Yong, Group CEO of Tricor Group, shared his insights on why RCEP matters to businesses during East Asia Business Council (EABC)’s RCEP webinar.

Speaking Engagements

The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong 

COVID-19 briefing series: Planning Ahead and Positioning your Business for the Rebound And Thrive

March 11, 2021

Business China 

FutureChina Global Forum 2020: Thematic Roundtable Discussion

September 15, 2020

The Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia 

Preparing the Board for a Post-COVID World

August 14, 2020

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Automation Anywhere 

Practical Strategies for Confronting Business Disruption & Uncertainty

May 18, 2020

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Chinese University of Hong Kong 

Online MiM Forum 2019-20: New Normal of Leadership

May 15, 2020

Get Global Conference 

Key Changes from the Ground Up

November 8, 2019

The Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (Hong Kong & Macau) Limited 

Nasi Lemak Talk: US- China Trade War. From the American Perspective

August 12, 2019

Willis Tower Watson 

People Conference 2018: Transform to Grow

November 15, 2018