Peter Tan appointed group strategic acquisitions director
Whittington Group, the international insurance investor and services provider, has announced that Peter Tan has been appointed group strategic acquisitions director with overall responsibility for all merger and acquisition activity across the group. Tan will be based in Singapore and report to the group chief executive officer, Tony Hobrow.
Tan has expertise in M&A activity, financial structuring, business development and strategy across the Asia Pacific region having worked for a major multi-national Singapore-based group and also with other leading corporations in Hong Kong and the United States.
Hobrow commented: “I am delighted to welcome Peter on board at Whittington. His appointment underlines our commitment to Singapore as our headquarters and to our growth strategy in the Asia Pacific and European regions in general. Peter’s key skills sets in mergers and acquisitions further reinforce our stated ambitions in that area.
“I believe Peter will play an important role in assisting Whittington to achieve its ambitions to grow in the next few years and I look forward to working with him in continuing the growth we’ve witnessed in the past couple of years.”
Tan added: “I am very pleased to be joining such an exciting company as Whittington. As a specialist insurance investor and service provider offering a range of know-how and experience, I look forward to helping play my part in what is going to be a very dynamic period in Whittington’s growth. The Group has the financial strength, appetite and entrepreneurial spirit to build a substantial international insurance business.”
