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New Asia Pacific Appointments Announced by Aetna
Posted on Oct 14, 2010 by Sergio Ulloa (G+)
Aetna, one of the leading global healthcare benefits companies, has announced the appointments of Hocking Cheng and Derek Goldberg as Managing Director of Greater China and Managing Director of South-east Asia, respectively. In these new positions, Mr. Cheng and Mr. Goldberg will oversee the development and execution of growth strategies aimed at further expanding the international business of the company in the Asia Pacific Region. These two new appointments were described by the group Managing Director of Aetna Global Benefits (AGB), David Corkum, with these words: "The Asia Pacific region is a strategically important market for Aetna's current and future international expansion. By appointing a Managing Director to lead our overall efforts in each territory, we can better increase our commitment and presence in the region to exceed the needs of our valued customers and capitalise on existing growth opportunities." The Aetna Global Benefits Managing Director for South-east Asia will focus on capitalizing upon strategic development opportunities to be found in the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. At the same time, AGB aims to strengthen its commitment in the Greater China region, which covers mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. The most recent role of Mr. Cheng was to lead the efforts to develop the strategy for international expansion of Aetna in China. Through this initiative, Aetna successfully launched several medical management pilots to multinational customers in China, helping these clients to proactively manage the total health of their employees and their dependants. Mr. Cheng is also the chairman of Aetna (Shanghai) Enterprise Services Co. Ltd., which is a fully-owned subsidiary of Aetna that provides health benefits and health management solutions in China. As for Mr. Goldberg, his most recent role was performing as the Director of Business Operations for Aetna in Hong Kong. All throughout his career with Aetna, Mr Goldberg has led a number of key international development initiatives, including the acquisition of international licenses, setting up and implementing various insurance partnerships, and the management of Passport to Healthcare, a solution for international insurers in the US to handle claims administration and cost-containment. As per the Aetna announcement, both changes in positions were instituted with immediate effect. Companies mentioned: Aetna Global Benefits
Aetna Global Benefits, the international business segment of Aetna, is committed to helping create a stronger, healthier global community by delivering comprehensive health benefits and health management solutions worldwide. AGB's expatriate business is one of the industry's largest and most prominent U.S.-based international health benefits providers, supporting more than 400,000 members worldwide. Our expatriate offerings include medical, dental, vision, life, disability and emergency assistance. The organisation's health management business collaborates with health care systems, government entities and plan sponsors around the world to design and build locally-applied health management solutions to improve health, quality and cost outcomes.
Aetna
Aetna is a leading global diversified health care benefits company headquartered in the U.S., serving approximately 35.8 million people with information and resources to help them make better informed decisions about their health care. Aetna offers a broad range of traditional and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioural health, group life and disability plans, and medical management capabilities and health care management services for Medicaid plans. Our customers include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labour groups and expatriates.