Raymond Cheung
Chartered Actuary · CRO · Board Adviser · Singapore
I have spoken to boards, regulators, insurance executives and risk professionals across Asia for over a decade. The topics I am asked to address have shifted significantly — here is what Singapore's leadership community is grappling with right now.
When I started speaking at governance and risk conferences in Singapore, the topics were largely technical — actuarial models, capital frameworks, reinsurance structures. What boards wanted to hear about was how to understand the numbers their risk teams were producing. That has shifted considerably. What I am asked to speak on now is more strategic: how do governance structures need to adapt to risks that traditional frameworks were not built for?
I speak at board retreats, regulatory conferences, industry associations, and professional development programmes. The audiences range from NEDs and audit committee chairs to C-suite executives and regulators. What connects those audiences is a shared challenge: the risk environment is changing faster than governance frameworks, and the question of how to close that gap — quickly, practically, and without creating compliance theatre — is genuinely difficult.
Topics I address in Singapore and across Asia
- Climate risk governance for boards: what mandatory disclosure actually requires of directors, how to integrate climate risk into the enterprise risk framework, and what personal accountability now looks like for Singapore directors
- AI governance in financial services: the model governance gap between InsurTech adoption speed and board-level oversight capability, and how to close it without creating a bottleneck
- Risk appetite as a governance tool: why most risk appetite frameworks do not influence decisions, and what the organisations that get it right are doing differently
- The CRO and the board: how the relationship between the risk function and board-level governance should work, and what breaks it
- ESG readiness versus ESG compliance: the gap between producing sustainability reports and being genuinely prepared to manage ESG risks as they materialise
- Capital strategy and board governance: why capital decisions belong in the boardroom, and how to build the literacy that allows boards to engage with them
“When I stand up to speak, I am not presenting theory. I am bringing two decades of having held the roles — CRO, CEO, board adviser — that the people in the room are navigating.”
Format and audience
I work in keynote, panel, workshop, and board retreat formats. For governance audiences, I find that interactive workshop formats — where directors can bring their own situations and test frameworks against real examples — produce the most durable learning. For conference and regulatory audiences, I speak in keynote format with enough analytical specificity to be useful rather than inspirational.
If you are planning a board retreat, a governance conference, or a leadership development programme in Singapore or across Asia and are looking for a speaker who can bring both the practitioner's perspective and the actuarial depth that these governance topics require, I am available for engagements from mid-2026.
Common Questions
What topics does Raymond Cheung speak on for Singapore boards?
Raymond Cheung speaks on climate risk governance, AI governance in financial services, risk appetite frameworks, ESG readiness, capital strategy, and the relationship between risk functions and board oversight. His perspective is grounded in having held statutory CRO and CEO roles in Singapore-regulated entities.
Can Raymond Cheung speak at a board retreat in Singapore?
Yes. Raymond Cheung speaks at board retreats, governance conferences, regulatory events, and professional development programmes across Singapore and Asia. He is available for keynote, panel, and workshop formats, with interactive workshop sessions available for board development engagements.
About the author
Raymond Cheung is a Chartered Actuary, C-suite executive and board adviser with more than 20 years of experience across Asia in risk management, insurance, ESG and corporate governance. He is the CEO of CER Consultancy and an accredited trainer at SMU Academy and the Singapore College of Insurance.