Kate Chiew

Executive Vice President and Group Chief Risk Officer, Great Eastern Holdings

Kate Chiew serves as Executive Vice President and Group Chief Risk Officer of Great Eastern Holdings, drawing on 30 years of experience across North America, the UK/EU and Southeast Asia. Kate oversees enterprise-wide risk management across the Group, spanning financial and non-financial risks, regulatory compliance, financial crime, sustainability, and resilience across the organisation.

Kate is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder, and has held senior leadership roles at Great Eastern, Income, General Electric Financial, Lehman Brothers and Deloitte. Kate’s experience spans risk management, investments, capital management, asset-liability management, structured finance and strategic transactions. Kate has been a pioneer in applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to transform risk and compliance functions, strengthening financial crime detection and market conduct surveillance, while establishing governance frameworks, risk and control guardrails, and assurance processes to support responsible adoption and enhance organisational effectiveness, decision-making and governance.