Walter de Oude 

Deputy Chairman

Singlife

Walter de Oude is the Group CEO of Singlife, a Singapore-based digital insurer that aims to unlock the potential of money by making financial services more convenient, transparent, accessible and affordable. With Singlife’s merger with Aviva Singapore, Walter de Oude has been appointed as Deputy Chairman of Aviva Singlife, the combined entity’s Singapore licensed insurance business, to raise the bar in providing superior financial products, professional financial advice and mobile-first customer engagement.

Prior to founding Singlife, Walter held a range of roles at HSBC Insurance (Singapore) from Chief Actuary and Head of Products, Deputy CEO and CEO for nearly a decade with the global insurance conglomerate. With an illustrious career in insurance and actuary across Asia, Walter has a deep understanding of the insurance landscape and has made it his life mission to make insurance and wealth management more accessible through cutting-edge digital technologies. His passion as a leader and an entrepreneur landed him the award of ‘Outstanding CEO of the Year 2018’ at the Influential Brands 2018 CEO Asia Summit and was recently named by Business Insider as one of the 100 People Transforming Business in 2020.