Eric Hui Chairman, HKFI Task Force on Green Insurance Chief Executive Officer, Zurich Insurance (Hong Kong)

As the Chief Executive Officer of Zurich Insurance (Hong Kong) and Chairman of Zurich General Insurance Company (China), Eric spearheads all strategic development to drive Zurich’s Life Insurance and General Insurance businesses in Hong Kong and in the Greater China context towards profitable growth, and is responsible for Board functions across Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou.

Prior to the current role, Eric was the Chief Executive Officer of Zurich’s General Insurance business. With over 30 years in the insurance industry, he began his career at Swire Group in 1989 as a group management trainee, starting at the trading division and later specialized in insurance business. In his earlier roles with Zurich, Eric had led the expansion and development of the Company’s commercial and consumer businesses on a multi-channel distribution platform and worked in overseas markets in the Greater China and Southeast Asia region for business development.

Chairing The Hong Kong Federation of Insurers (HKFI) in the office term 2020/2021, Eric is currently the Chairman of the General Insurance Council (GIC), a Governing Committee Member and the Chairman of GIC InsurTech Task Force and Task Force on Green Insurance.

Eric’s current public positions include being a member of the Resolution Compensation Tribunal and Anti‐Money Laundering and Counter‐Terrorist Financing Review Tribunal as appointed by the HKSAR Government, Chairman of the Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Hong Kong and Chairman of the Advisory Committee of Employees’ Compensation Insurance Residual Scheme Bureau Board. He is also the Deputy Chairman of the Employees Compensation Insurer Insolvency Bureau, a member of the Belt and Road & Greater Bay Area Committee under the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the Human Capital Committee under Financial Services Development Council, and the Insurance Management Committee of the Hong Kong Management Association. In the realm of academia and public welfare, Eric is a member of the Honorary Advisory Board for the Actuarial Society of Hong Kong, Global Advisory Board of MBA in Finance (FMBA) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Board of Directors of The Jane Goodall Institute (Hong Kong).

Eric graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and completed the Advanced Management Program by INSEAD Business School, Fontainebleau. He holds the professional qualification of Associateship at the Chartered Insurance Institute, and the Fellowship at the Life Management Institute. He is a graduate of the tenth class of the Chinese Academy of Governance and a member of the Hong Kong Academy of Finance.