Mark Tucker from England, was born on December 29, 1957. Mark initially wanted to be in the sports profession. He was a trainee professional footballer and made appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Rochdale and Barnet. Mark never played a first team match. He would excel in a different profession.
He took up Business Management at the University of Leeds and later qualified as an accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Then Mark joined Prudential in 1986 first working for Prudential Portfolio Managers. He rose through the ranks and became Chief Executive of Prudential Corporation Asia and an executive director of Prudential plc. Mark joined HBOs as Finance Director after leaving Prudential in May 2004 due to the lack of upward opportunity.
In early 2005 the CEO of Prudential was ousted and Mark rejoined Prudential this time as CEO. He stepped down from his post in September 2009 stating he had achieved all he wanted in the role.
Mark joined AIA Group Limited in July 2010 and is an Executive Director and Group Chief Executive and President. He is also the Chairman and CEO of AIA Co. and AIA International.
What is now AIA was founded more than 90 year ago in Shanghai, China. It is one of the largest independent publicly listed pan-Asian life insurance group. As of May 31, 2014, it had total assets of $159 billion.
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