Building Healthy, Resilient and Productive Teams

Julian Mengual

CEO, South East Asia & Regional Health Solutions, Cigna International

Julian Mengual has been the CEO of Southeast Asia and Regional Health Solutions since January 2019. He has P&L responsibility and oversight of Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand as well as his role as Asia Pacific Regional Health Solutions, Business Development and Distribution.

He is a growth orientated leader with a track record in building businesses and has been a CEO and Country Manager of Cigna Thailand in April 2015, a period in which Cigna Thailand has enjoyed strong growth and doubled sales.

Julian joined Cigna in February 2010 as the Telemarketing Director for the Health, Life & Accident division covering all international markets before expanding his role as the Head of Sales. He has also served in a number of roles in Cigna Indonesia, initially as the Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, before becoming the Deputy CEO and most recently holding the CEO title.

Thalia Georgiou

Managing Partner, Asia Care Group

Thalia Georgiou founded Asia Care Group in 2015 to support meaningful change to healthcare systems. Previously, Thalia held a number of senior healthcare management roles in both the UK and Asia, including leading KPMG’s healthcare practice in Hong Kong and Heading the Public Health Office for London. Thalia was named as one of the UK’s "35 top business women under 35” by Management Today, for her substantial contribution to leading change in the health sector.

Thalia founded her first healthcare consulting business in the UK; which grew to serve an international clientele including the Governments of the UK, Hong Kong, Bermuda and Canada, as well as multinational clients. Her firm led several multi-million-pound projects, including the turnaround and restructuring of one of the UK’s largest hospital groups, the restructuring of London’s largest community provider and the development of the commercial strategy for establishing one of the largest Immunology and Transplantation Centres in the world.

Michelle Leung

HR Officer, Cigna International

Michelle has over 20 years of international business and HR experience. She is responsible for developing and executing Cigna’s People Strategy to support the accelerated growth of the international business and ensure a clear focus on organizational design, talent and leadership development, succession planning, workforce effectiveness and employee engagement across 15 different markets. Michelle is also a qualified accountant.

Dr. Dawn Soo

Regional Medical Officer & Head of Wellness, Asia Pacific, Cigna International

Dr. Soo leads the regional clinical team in the delivery of health and wellness services to Cigna’s customers in Asia-Pacific. Prior to this, she was regional director of health and wellness distribution, focused on developing health programs and partnerships that drive Cigna’s growth agenda while improving the health, well-being and sense of security of Cigna’s customers in Asia-Pacific.

Prior to joining Cigna, Dr. Soo was chief wellness officer at CXA, an employee benefits and wellness marketplace that provides personalized insurance and health services to employees in Asia. During her time with CXA, she led the formulation and implementation of data-driven workplace wellness solutions, which included technology components and health analytics. She also consulted with multinationals on population health strategies aimed at improving employee engagement and reducing medical costs. Prior to CXA, Dr. Soo co-founded an online medical appointment and telehealth start-up in Singapore.

Stephen Park

International Mobility Centre APAC, Schneider Electric

Stephen is based in Hong Kong and his remit covers the Asia-Pacific region. Schneider Electric has 137,000 employees worldwide providing energy and automation digital solutions for efficiency and sustainability. Stephen has over 20 years of experience in global relocations, immigration law and expatriate tax management in companies such as Fonterra, Cisco Systems and EY. In 2019, he was awarded the APAC Expatriate Management & Mobility Award for an Outstanding Contribution to Global Mobility.

Dr. Vanessa Wong, MBBS, MRCPsych, FHKCPsych, FHKAM

Psychiatrist

Dr. Vanessa is a specialist in psychiatry who combines her conventional medical training with a functional medicine approach. She uses nutritional therapy, meditation, stress management, herbal and nutrient supplements, and health technologies in a systematic way to achieve lasting health outcomes for her clients.

She is a registered practitioner with the Integrative Medicine for Mental Health, has trained in the ADAPT training course at Kresser Institute, and is on the advisory board for ChrisKresser.com. She is also a certified Functional Genomic Analysis practitioner. Her areas of expertise include:

• Digestive problems and gastrointestinal health
• Therapeutic nutritional approaches and methylation strategies
• Stress management and sleep problems
• Fatigue, brain fog, anxiety, and mood problems
• Biotoxin illness and chronic inflammatory response syndromes
• Heavy metal toxicity and detoxification
• Autoimmune diseases
• Metabolic dysregulation, including weight and blood sugar dysregulation
• Hormone imbalances including adrenal, thyroid and sex hormones

Anna Coren

International correspondent, CNN

Anna Coren is an award-winning international correspondent for CNN International, based at the network's Asia Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong. She joined CNN in 2008 as an anchor and has made the transition to roving international correspondent. In 2013, she was recognized for her outstanding work at the Asian Television Awards, winning "Best News Story" for her exclusive report "Afghanistan Taliban Firefight" where she came under enemy fire in Nejrab alongside U.S. special forces. This follows wins in both 2011 and 2012 at the Asian Television Awards where she won "Best News Presenter/Anchor."

Coren has been a journalist for more than 15 years reporting on location from some of the world's biggest news events, including the battle against ISIS in Iraq, the Ukraine crisis, the war in Afghanistan, the Philippines' devastating Super Typhoon Haiyan, the death of Kim Jung Il, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, Thailand's worst floods in 50 years, and the North Korean nuclear crisis.