Security Bank announces leadership transition and appointment of next CEO

Security Bank has announced the appointment of Victor Lee Meng Teck as its next President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He is set to assume the role in early January 2026, following the completion of his work permit, visa, and other regulatory requirements. He will succeed Sanjiv Vohra, who will continue to lead the Bank until that time. Upon stepping down, Mr. Vohra will transition to the role of Senior Advisor to the Board.

Victor Lee is a Singaporean banker with over 30 years of leadership experience throughout Asia. Most recently, he served as CEO of CIMB Singapore and CEO of Growth Markets for CIMB Bank Berhad.

UBX CEO reveals ‘balance is key’ to thriving in the fintech landscape

The formula to running a successful business in the modern professional arena is to achieve an equilibrium between work and personal life, UBX President and CEO John Januszczak revealed in the pilot episode of The Orange Chair, a web series featuring today’s top thought leaders and influencers. 

Employees are able to focus more on their job if they have a well-rounded lifestyle. As the leading open finance platform in the Philippines, UBX is driven by this principle, which translates to the services it provides to its customers.

“We work to live, we don’t live to work. We have to keep that in mind. Hopefully, we are allowing our customers to feel the same way,” Januszczak said.

Pru Life UK announces new President and CEO

Leading life insurer Pru Life UK announces its new President and Chief Executive Officer Eng Teng Wong, effective November 1, 2021. 

Putting customers at the heart of everything with its We DO commitment, Eng Teng will lead the continued transformation of the Pru Life UK business to help customers get the most out of life.

Previously the Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Officer Ecosystem Implementation of Prudential Services Asia, Eng Teng led the launch of the AI-powered app Pulse by Prudential in many countries across Asia and Africa to empower millions of consumers particularly customers of Prudential to become healthier and wealthier.

“Since two years ago, I have been working very closely with Pru Life UK to implement and launch Pulse in the Philippines with a clear vision to empower Filipinos with useful health and wellness information as well as customer-centric solutions to help them become healthier and wealthier. I am blessed with so many talented, committed, and passionate people of Pru Life UK, including our PRULifers who form one of the largest, strongest, and youngest agency sales force in the country plus existing distribution and new digital partners.,” shared Eng Teng.

Discover the winning formula for business success

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker
 (by Harvard Business Review) will share his Executive
 Coaching Secrets, and his #1 NY Times and Wall Street Journal
bestselling book: Triggers during the conference.

World-renowned executive coach and best-selling author, Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, tells business executives to always take a step back and ask themselves one critical question – is it worth it? It is one of the things that most business schools do not teach but every CEO must know, or one can always learn the hard way.

According to Dr. Marshall, there are three life lessons that every person must learn, especially CEOs and business leaders, in order to succeed in both their professional and personal lives. The first is winning is not everything.

“One problem of the successful people I work with is winning too much. It is important for one to win – meaningful win, critical win, trivial win, and even those not worth it, we want to win anyway. Winners love to win. Problem is we want to win too much,” said Dr. Marshall.

4 leadership principles startup entrepreneurs must know

The road to business success is one that can be lonely and dreary. The unrelenting passion of entrepreneurs and startup CEOs, while initially beneficial for the organization, can soon become a deterrent to the growth of the business and even its people. And with their current knowledge and skillset, it is inevitable for any startup entrepreneur to seek help in developing and running the business.

According to the world’s leading executive coach and best-selling author, Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, the organizational dysfunction starts when the leader makes all the decisions and everyone else merely accepts them. As much as it is not enabling and maximizing the full potential of the employees, it is also extremely taxing on the top honcho. But that shouldn’t be the case, according to Dr. Goldsmith.