
AVP - Asia Head e-Services at Sun Life Financial Asia
Hong Kong

AVP - Asia Head e-Services at Sun Life Financial Asia
Hong Kong
(Financial Services industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Founder and CEO of e-Consultant company Sky Concept Consultants
(Public Company; ING; Financial Services industry)
March 2003 — March 2008 (5 years 1 month)
After successful completion of a 6 months regional project rolling out e-Learning to the business units in 10 countries in Asia in 2003, David was provided the opportunity to create and head the e-Business function in the region. As such he set up the regional e-Business function at regional office and within the business units and with his team he led and worked together with the business units to drive e-Business activities in the region. Including in his portfolio were the regional intranet, internet SEO, lead generation and direct sales, mobile devices, corporate and agent blogging, ING Corporate Wiki, pioneering online reversed auctions and steps into Second Life and numerous other activities related to leveraging the online channel.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)
March 2002 — March 2003 (1 year 1 month)
ING Bank Securities, M&A
(Public Company; ING; Financial Services industry)
August 2000 — March 2002 (1 year 8 months)
As senior manager at the ING Global e-Business Center David led the set up of the global e-Insurance platform within ING. Through this platform, in its 6th year in 2008, over 25 small-budget projects were funded and successfully executed. David further initated and led the development of the ING e-Shop which, through external partnerships, successfully generated sales of gadgets as well as a set of ING's own financial products.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)
March 2000 — August 2000 (6 months)
Department Head and member of Management Team communications at ING Bank
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)
March 1998 — March 2000 (2 years 1 month)
Post Doct. , International Relations , 1996 — 1997
Fulbright Scholar
M.A. , japanese studies , 1989 — 1995
M.Sc. , business administration , 1988 — 1995
Atheneum , Dutch, English, German, Geography, History, Math A, Physics, Economy, Business , 1979 — 1987
International chess, Xiangqi, Wing Chun, Tai Chi, Beethoven, Mahler's 5th, Mishima Yukio, Santiago Calatrava, PSV Eindhoven, Scotch Single Malt, Shimane province Japan
- Chair ING Global e-Insurance Forum, Chair ING Idea Factory
- Invited speaker and chair at Coreventus Channel Management Asia Pacific in Kuala Lumpur 30-31 October 2007
- Invited speaker at DigiGen 2008, Marketing to the Digital Generation, Singapore 14-16 January 2008
- Invited speaker at Fintech Asia 2008, 28-29 February Singapore
- Invited speaker at Economist Conference "The Digital Company 2013: How Will Technology Change the Way We Do Business?", 23 September 2008, Hong Kong
- Invited speaker Coreventus Conference "Gaining a Competitive Edge via Channel Differentiation", 21 April 2009, Kuala Lumpur
1993: Exchange Scholarship recipient Erasmus University RSM for one year study at Keio University Tokyo
1995: Essay contest winner Japanese Embassy in Netherlands - Dutch delegate to Global Youth for Understanding conference in Japan
1995-1996: Leiden University Post-Doctoral Scholarship for Study in rural Japan, Shimane Province, Hikawa City
1996-1997: Fulbrigh Scholarship
2008: Fintech Asia FIIA 2008 Winner Project Management Excellence (http://www.idc.com/FI/events/FTA08/details/awards_08_winners.jsp;jsessionid=20LQR2PSDUPCCCQJAFDCFEYKBEAVAIWD)