The new CEO takes over from a predecessor who left in January.

Zurich Malaysia has appointed Mukesh Dhawan as the chief executive of its Zurich Takaful Malaysia Berhad business.

He takes the helm from Salim Majid Zain, who left the company in January 2019, and will report to ZTMB’s board, the firm said in a statement earlier this week.

Dhawan has more than 18 years of experience in the life insurance sector across the Asia-Pacific region. His most recent business title was that of head of market management and general manager, Zurich Life Insurance Malaysia Berhad. He joined Zurich Life Insurance Malaysia Berhad (ZLIMB) in January 2015. He has held various senior management and strategic roles in accident and health profit centre management, strategic marketing, product management as well as distribution management in leading organisations such as Prudential Corporation Asia, AIG and AIA. Prior to joining Zurich, he was based in Singapore with the AIA regional team to drive its Premier Agency strategies within the South East Asian markets.