Mr. Clarence Wong is the Chief Economist of Peak Re. Mr. Wong is responsible for delivering strategic insights on economic, insurance and emerging risks to the company and its key stakeholders. He also oversees the development of thought-leadership content for Peak Re. Mr. Wong is an industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience in the finance industry and an
extensive research track record. Before joining Peak Re, Mr. Wong worked at Swiss Re since 1999, where he last served as the Chief Economist, Asia. He led a team of researchers to provide Swiss Re and other stakeholders with economic and insurance insights, as well as research on emerging risk landscape in Asia. At the same time, his team contributed to Swiss Re’s sigma, the regular insurance industry report that is considered a “must-read” for anyone interested in the sector. Prior to that, Mr. Wong spent nine years at HSBC’s economic research department, worked at
PricewaterhouseCoopers in its management consulting arm, and in the R&D department of Hutchison Trading Ltd. Mr. Wong has a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Hong Kong.