21 October 2020Insurance

Peak Re taps Swiss Re for new chief economist based in Hong Kong

​Peak Reinsurance Company has hired a chief economist who will be responsible for delivering strategic insights on economic, insurance and emerging risk to the company and its key stakeholders. He will also oversee the development of thought-leadership content for Peak Re.

Clarence Wong, who starts on November 16, has more than two decades of experience in the insurance and reinsurance market. Prior to joining Peak Re, he worked at Swiss Re since 1999, where he last served as the chief economist, Asia, and oversaw the company’s research initiatives around the Asia-Pacific region. Before that, he spent 9 years at HSBC’s economic research department, worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers in its management consulting arm, and in the R&D department of Hutchison Trading.

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