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Our Vision
Our aim is to be the leading provider of integrated corporate resilience, ERM and governance technology, empowering businesses with unparalleled transparency, improved operational efficiency, and data-driven strategic insights through our advanced software.
Our Mission
We are committed to delivering a comprehensive, technology-driven and user-friendly solution that seamlessly leverages real time data access, driving best practice governance, meaningful results and enhancing decision making.
OUR APPROACH
Collaboration
Governance Expertise
Governance Expertise
Our collaborative approach ensures that the final product aligns perfectly with our customer’s vision and business objectives.
Governance Expertise
Governance Expertise
Governance Expertise
Extensive experience in implementing governance solutions improving transparency, accountability, and compliance.
Risk Management
Governance Expertise
Risk Management
Strategies designed to identify, assess, and mitigate potential risks through easy to follow, deploy and use risk assessment diagnostics and solutions.
Leading Practices
Innovative Solutions
Risk Management
In-depth understanding of financial services provides first class knowledge and insights into leading global practices in addressing business challenges effectively.
Innovative Solutions
Innovative Solutions
Innovative Solutions
Latest technologies and development practices creating innovative solutions that enhance efficiency, security, and scalability.
Tailored Support
Innovative Solutions
Innovative Solutions
Comprehensive customer support services leveraging our experience to ensure successful high-quality solution implementation.
OUR SOLUTIONS
BoardCore360: All-Round Corporate Resilience
Our flagship product designed to bolster your company's resilience. It integrates seamlessly with your existing systems to provide connected support across corporate functions. With BoardCore360 you can ensure that your organization is prepared to face important challenges, enhancing your ability to adapt and thrive in a dynamic business environment.
Key Features
- Advanced governance controls and monitoring
- Comprehensive risk management
- Real-time monitoring and reporting
BoardCorePrime: Streamlined Corporate Administration
Tailored for corporate secretarial and administration management. It simplifies the complexities of company administration, facilitating streamlined board governance. BoardCorePrime helps you maintain and implement policies, keep accurate records, manage board meetings, and streamline communication within your organization.
Key Features
- Automated document management
- Meeting scheduling and minutes recording
- Policy compliance tracking and reporting
RiskCorePrime: Enterprise Risk Management
Designed for Chief Risk Officers and enterprise risk management teams. It provides a robust framework for identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks across your organization. With RiskCorePrime, you can proactively manage potential threats and ensure that your company remains resilient in the face of uncertainty.
Key Features
- Risk assessment and analysis tools
- Incident tracking and response planning
- Comprehensive risk reporting
LawCorePrime: Legal Administration
The ultimate solution for legal department administration. It streamlines legal workflows, enhances document management, legal, litigation, workflow, expense management and ensures that your legal team operates with maximum efficiency. LawCorePrime helps you manage cases, track compliance, and maintain a centralized repository of legal documents.
Key Features
- Case and litigation management and tracking
- Legal document automation
- Corporate secretarial administration
OUR TEAM
Peter Cashin, Chairman
Peter Haslebacher, Chief Commercial Officer
YongKi Lee, Managing Director
An accomplished international risk, compliance, administration and legal professional. Peter’s geographic experience encompasses Australia, Asia, the Middle East, the United Kingdom, Europe, Bermuda and Latin America. With over 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry, as a Chief Administration Officer of an international private medical organization and Regional/General Counsel of leading financial institutions: AIG, AIA, and Metlife.
YongKi Lee, Managing Director
Peter Haslebacher, Chief Commercial Officer
YongKi Lee, Managing Director
With over 30 years of experience in life insurance and consulting, especially IFRS17 implementation for Korea/Hong Kong/Thailand as actuarial project manager, strategy and product innovation, profit center and actuarial analyst across Asia. Yongki has held the roles of Managing Director at RNA Analytics Asia, Regional Actuarial Manager at AIA/AIG A&HWW, Regional Director Product Head at MetLife in Asia and a Senior Actuarial Specialist at PWC.
Peter Haslebacher, Chief Commercial Officer
Peter Haslebacher, Chief Commercial Officer
Peter Haslebacher, Chief Commercial Officer
With over 30 years of extensive international business experience focusing on market and business development, turnaround and change management processes. Over 15 years leading information technology solution organizations, providing mission critical global business solutions to the insurance and financial industry. And over 15 years of international experience in building the business practice for leading insurance IT solutions in APAC.
Mark Seifried, Chief Technology Advisor
Norman Yao, Chief Client Solutions Officer - ERM
Peter Haslebacher, Chief Commercial Officer
An accomplished financial services technology, operations, and shared services executive with substantial background as a technology industry executive in business development/account general management. Over 20 years’ experience driving change, developing business, building and running IT applications, infrastructure, and shared service entities in Asia. Mark has lived and worked in Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan.
Norman Yao, Chief Client Solutions Officer - ERM
Norman Yao, Chief Client Solutions Officer - ERM
Norman Yao, Chief Client Solutions Officer - ERM
A seasoned insurance professional with over 30 years in Financial & Actuarial fields as Ex-Chief Actuary, Chief Risk Officer and CFO. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA), a Fellow of the Actuarial Society of Hong Kong (FASHK) and a Fellow of the Life Management Institute (FLMI). Norman has held the roles of project lead for AIA in Vietnam and India, AIG Korea CFO and AXA Hong Kong Chief Risk Officer/Chief & Appointed Actuary.
Tom Helm, Chief Data Science Officer
Norman Yao, Chief Client Solutions Officer - ERM
Norman Yao, Chief Client Solutions Officer - ERM
A seasoned actuarial and data modelling professional with over 25 years of experience in Asia Pacific and the UK in corporate actuarial, financial reporting and computer science including AI. Tom was a member of the Deloitte Actuarial Modelling Centre, an actuarial modelling team leader with Legal & General managing a team of 15 and at AIA a member of the corporate reporting team supporting financial reporting and modelling.
Philip Fu, Chief Program Officer
Philip Fu, Chief Program Officer
Philip Fu, Chief Program Officer
Extensive experience in providing audit and assurance services, comprehensive accounting system and professional project manager with over 30 years of experience in Asia, leading audit engagements, providing expert advice on regulatory compliance and financial reporting. Philip was a member of the Deloitte Assurance Team, and at AIA was a Director in the Finance Transformation team implementing financial technologies.
OUR SENIOR ADVISORS
Steve Roder
Steve Roder has over 30 years of experience dealing with global companies working across markets in Asia covering strategy, regulatory matters, finance, capital markets and transactions, with a focus on the financial services sector. Steve retired as Manulife Group CFO in 2018 after nearly 6 years. Prior to that, he was one of the co-founders of Peak Reinsurance. He is also an Advisor to Temasek and a director of Prismic Life Reinsurance and Serendipity Capital. Prior to co-founding Peak Re, Steve was the Group Chief Financial Officer of AIA, where he led the IPO preparation programme. He also acted as the lead interface with fourteen regulators, including in Hong Kong, Singapore and Bermuda. Prior to AIA, he was the Asia Pacific Chairman of Financial Services at KPMG and served as a partner in Hong Kong/China, Japan and London.
Steve holds a Bachelor of Social Science degree from the University of Southampton, UK. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
James Pearson
A senior financial services professional with over 35 years’ international experience building and shaping banking and financial advisory businesses for market leaders. James has led investment banking, client coverage and corporate finance franchises in Asia, the Middle East and globally for, among others, Standard Chartered Bank, First Abu Dhabi Bank, ABN AMRO and Morgan Stanley.
He has deep experience advising clients on M&A transactions, strategic advisory assignments and accessing funding and capital from private and public markets. James is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Kevin Goulding
An insurance executive with over 30 years experience working and residing in Asia, USA and Latin America building and implementing strategies across diverse General, Life and Insuretech operations.
As a CEO and Regional President for organizations such as AIG, Chubb and Bolttech areas of responsibility encompassed P&L accountability, Regulatory and Government relationships, Risk Management disciplines, Mergers and Acquisitions, Underwriting rigor, Multi-Channel expansion and Team development.
Paolo Grassi
Paolo Grassi is a senior corporate executive, international legal, compliance and regulatory professional, and a government affairs leader with over 30 years’ experience dealing with diverse legal systems, political environments and international regulatory agencies in 5 continents. Paolo’s activities began in the private practice, in Switzerland first and later as a White & Case fellow in New York. He then joined a global financial services organization, where during the 1990s he played a critical role in the footprint expansion beyond traditional markets, eventually establishing 17 joint ventures, 4 wholly owned subsidiaries and completing 14 acquisitions in the then developing economies. Thereafter he served in various capacities establishing a legal department comprised of over 100 attorneys operating globally, developing the compliance function and representing the organization with government officials and political stakeholders. In November 2015, Paolo moved back into private practice, where he has been advising companies in the financial services and InsurTech industries. He is a native of Switzerland and lives in New York.
OUR REGIONAL CORPORATE REPS
Marc Lieberman, Americas
Insurance and financial services executive with over 35 years experience. 20 Years as CEO of major multinational Insurance and financial services companies including AEGON, ING, The Hartford and MetLife across UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Bermuda, Singapore and Hong Kong. Delivering effective change management while building highly motivated and successful teams and turning around under performing businesses. Past Director of numerous industry associations helping shape the future of the industry across geographies.
Steve Tunstall, Asia
Steve Tunstall, owner and director of Tunstall Associates, was previously Head of Risk, Insurance, Legal and Compliance for Cathay Pacific, Head of Risk and Insurance at Genting Casinos and earlier in his career MD of Jardine Schindler Singapore. Steve has over 30 years of experience in Asia in developing, managing and supervising risk and compliance management systems and controls working closely with numerous leading companies in Asia. Tunstall Associates provides experienced non-executive and executive director services including chair and Committee support with expertise in Risk, Audit, Sustainability, Nomination and Remuneration Committees as well as main board appointments in the Asia region.
Dr. David Burn, Middle East and Africa
Dr David Burn is a highly accomplished professional with extensive delivery and consultancy experience in the technology and financial services sectors. He began his distinguished career in the City of London, focusing on investment banking technology after an early foundation in mathematical research. Over the years, David has developed a deep expertise in the intersection of finance and technology, consistently delivering strategic solutions in fast-paced, high-stakes environments. In 2008, David relocated to Dubai, a move that allowed him to expand his professional network significantly across the Middle East and beyond. David has a passion for leveraging technology to drive successful outcomes for customers and clients alike.
Mark Seifried, Oceania
An accomplished financial services technology, operations, and shared services executive with a substantial background as a technology industry executive in business development/account general management. Over 20 years’ experience driving change, developing business, building and running IT applications, infrastructure, and shared service entities in Asia. Mark has lived and worked in Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan. In addition to serving as the company's Chief Technical Advisor, he also assumes responsibilities as a regional representative.
United Kingdom and Europe
Representative to be announced
OUR CORPORATE CLIENT ADVISORS
Corporate Governance Reality Check (CGRC) works closely with board members and executive management to provide tailored solutions for strong governance. They help clients candidly assess and address all aspects of corporate governance, from board composition and diversity to communication and shareholder engagement. With a focus on aligning perception with reality, our CGRC helps organisation achieve corporate longevity and sustainability.
APAC INSURTECH
APAC InsurTech offers a comprehensive suite of services designed to help young and innovative insurtech companies from overseas in the Asia Pacific and Europe succeed. It works closely with insurers to position their products, solutions, and applications. Their services include developing go-to-market strategies, generating leads, and providing business development support and board engagement services. It helps businesses navigate the insurtech landscape effectively and achieve their business goals.
Sadella is a Hong Kong-based, founder-led corporate finance firm that has the depth of expertise of a large corporate finance firm, but with the leanness of a boutique firm.
Mr. Zavatti, the Founder and Executive Chairman of Sadella, was with Bank of America as Head of Asian Financial Institutions, and later with ABN AMRO as Vice Chairman of Global Financial Institutions.
His comprehensive relationship network includes the majority of the major emerging market financial institutions including banks, insurance companies, large cap corporates and investment companies within the context of origination and structuring on a multiproduct relationship basis.
Khalid El Tamimi in collaboration with BLK Partners, a leader in the regional legal market, offering clients the highest level of service in complex transactional work and disputes across the Middle East and beyond. They provide strength in depth, specialist know-how, and a full-service capability. This is a new and alternative model to that of international firms, better adapted to the needs of all clients and sectors in the Middle East, and so bringing a distinctive and unique quality to our service delivery.
ALS International is a premier executive search firm with over 20 years of recruitment expertise in the Legal, Financial Services, and Commerce sectors. With deep industry knowledge cultivated across Asia, the UK, and Australia, we were founded with a clear vision: to deliver specialist recruitment services defined by professionalism, insight, and a commitment to long-term partnerships.
With regional offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, and London, and strategic alliances in over 20 global markets, ALS International offers tailored recruitment solutions backed by a worldwide network of trusted partners. Our goal is simple—empower clients and candidates alike through expert guidance and meaningful connections.
OUR INDIVIDUAL CLIENT ADVISORS
Brian Greig
Brian was previously a professional services firm partner who specialised in providing audit and advisory services to predominantly Financial Services and Insurance companies and their Boards for over 34 years. Brian led the Insurance practice of KPMG in Australia and Switzerland and was a Board member and Deputy Chairman of KPMG Australia. He was a member of KPMG’s Global Insurance Leadership Team for 14 years. His clients included Swiss Re, Winterthur Insurance, IAG, Suncorp, MLC, National Australia Bank and Lend Lease.
Following his retirement from KPMG, Brian was a non-executive director and Chair of the Risk Committee of CBA’s life insurance and general insurance businesses, non-executive director of SIMS Foundation Limited, advisory board member of SiCorp and currently non-executive director of a professional services firm’s captive professional indemnity and cyber insurer.
Gary Reader
Gary is an international leader, board member and business advisor focusing on financial services, insurance, and professional services. He retired from KPMG in September 2022 where he spent 37 years (26 as a partner) working with a number of global insurers including Swiss Re, AIG, and Aviva addressing financial management, risk and regulatory issues. He also held a number of leadership roles including the Global Head of Insurance and the Global Head of Clients and Markets. Since retiring he has joined the board of a number of insurers and acting as an advisor to a number of small start ups. Gary holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Bayes Business School, UK. He is also an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.
Graham Parker
Graham is an accomplished leader in large-scale program delivery, with over 15 years’ experience driving complex transformation initiatives across financial services, telecommunications, and insurance in Australia, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. He has a proven record of orchestrating multi-market, multi-vendor programs that align business strategy with execution, delivering measurable operational, commercial, and customer outcomes.
Throughout his career, Graham has led geographically dispersed teams and coordinated delivery across multiple time zones, cultures, and business environments. His expertise spans vendor negotiation, governance frameworks, and benefits realisation, underpinned by a strong ability to navigate high-stakes stakeholder environments.
Graham holds a Master of Project Management from UNSW and is recognised for his ability to bring structure, clarity, and pace to complex initiatives—ensuring global alignment while delivering at the local level.
Damien Gilhooley
Damien is a qualified Lawyer and AICD graduate with over 30 years of general insurance experience. He has a proven history of change management in successfully remediating operating divisions and developing new claims product units, having led multi-disciplinary Australian and New Zealand Claims teams at Australia’s largest Third Party Claims Administrator, Gallagher Bassett.
He was instrumental in the establishment of Australian specialist teams managing multi product claims for the Lloyds market and led claim responses to some of the southern hemisphere’s largest natural disasters across Australia and NZ. His team’s claims response to the Christchurch earthquake was recognised with a Global Operations award.
As a trusted business Adviser with expertise juggling the interests of multiple Stakeholders across varying industries, Damien appreciates that corporate resilience relies on disciplined adherence to process supported by timely and transparent data.
Damien has recently assisted a technology start up as Head of Governance and currently provides strategic governance and operational consultancy advice to several entities.