Building a Culture of Analytics

Bryan Lee is Chief Data Officer at AXA in Singapore, one of the world's leading insurance companies. He also heads the innovation space, focusing on partnerships and new business model.

Bryan leads the key pillars of Data Management Office, Data Products, Data Foundations, Data Science teams and chairs the Data Governance forum. He has delivered the data strategy and roadmap, transforming AXA into a data-driven company, leveraging on self-service analytics, democratizing data and AI across the organization. Under his leadership, his team has empowered over 200 business (super) users to use data to make key decisions and improve customer experience – empowering his team of data analysts and scientists to build data-centric, AI inclusive, machine learning solutions to solve complex problems.

Bryan has been leading organizational transformation, architecting the digital, technology and data strategy to grow the business, enabling speed to market of digital products, operational efficiency and strengthening the cyber security in the financial services industry, recently a Singapore FinTech “Pay It Forward” mentor here.

Ivan joined CDL as CTO in 2016, with responsibility for the Group’s Technology Strategy and Operations. He has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry with a track record in both business and IT management.

Ivan was ranked no.9 and no.8 in the CIO50 ASEAN awards program during 2020 and 2019 respectively and is widely considered as an industry thought leader across the market.
Prior to joining CDL, Ivan held senior leadership positions in multi-nationals such as HP, Dell and ServiceNow, where he led their regional IT solutions and services business. He was also CTO of Pactera, a global IT services leader listed on NASDAQ, where he managed Group IT, Quality and Security operations worldwide.

Ivan has a deep appreciation of the Asia Pacific market, having worked in countries such as China, Japan, Indonesia and Singapore. Ivan graduated from National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Computing and Information Systems.

As Editorial Director of Asia Pacific and Middle East, James is responsible for developing the content, audience and partnership strategy of IDG’s premium enterprise and channel brands across the region, including CIO, CSOonline and Channel Asia.

Drawing on more than 10 years of in-market experience, James, a well-known event host and moderator, specialises in converting global technology trends into regional and local insights, with a specific focus on Technology Leadership and Channel Partner audiences.

Prior to entering the technology industry, James worked for mainstream media in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, following editorial roles at The Times of London, The West Australian and The New Zealand Herald among others.

Prior to joining Tableau, he held various positions at Salesforce, including Chief of Staff, Asia Pacific and led Salesforce’s Specialized teams for Platform & Emerging Technologies across Asia Pacific – this includes Lightning Platform, Heroku, Einstein Analytics, Quip & CPQ. Robert also directed Salesforce’s regional program for start-ups. He is a highly sought-after public speaker and media contributor and has appeared on Sky News, Bloomberg Radio Hong Kong, Boss Magazine, and The Australian Institute for Company Directors. Robert was also a member of the Victorian Government Innovation Expert Panel.

Robert holds a Bachelor and Master’s Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a MBA from the Harvard Business School. He was a member of the MIT Board of Trustees from 1996-2001 and the MIT Alumni Board from 2002-2004, and a recipient of the MIT Bronze Beaver for distinguished alumni service.