Max Ang
Biography
Max is the Insurance Technology Research Advisor for APAC and Senior Analyst within Celent’s insurance practice and is based in Singapore. Max’s research concentrates on trending topics affecting APAC insurance technology markets, data science, digital innovation, process automation, and emerging technology of core systems.
As part of consulting engagements and analyst's access, he provides perspective and recommendations in business and technology trends both globally and in an APAC capacity. Max is a speaker at leading insurance industry events such as InsureTech Connect Asia, Finovate Asia, and Celent's Innovation and Insight Week, where he also acts as a judge for Celent's Model Insurer Award program.
Prior to joining Celent, Max worked in financial technology and banking, where he developed machine learning algorithms for optical character recognition and image processing at OneConnect Financial Technology, subsidiary of Ping An Insurance Group. At DBS Bank and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, Max was a data analyst in the domains of retail banking and credit risk. He has also worked on content marketing, with a research focus on gamification.
Max received a Master of Technology in Enterprise Business Analytics from the National University of Singapore and a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems and Management from the University of London, with academic direction by London School of Economics and Political Science.
He enjoys running and the great outdoors. When he is not sweating it out, he is constantly seeking new information, developing strong technical know-how and business sensibilities, all while savouring a cup of long black.
Latest insights
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29 January 2023
In December 2022, I had the opportunity to attend the AWS re:Invent summit at Las Vegas and observed announcements on new products and functions… -
16 November 2022
Following turbulent times marked by the pandemics, insurers have to plan their investments in IT carefully. The current macroeconomic conditions… -
14 November 2022
Recorded on Nov 10th, 2022 It is now arguably more important than it has been in years for insurance carriers to position themselves to succeed… -
13 November 2022
Effective data management includes broad technology tools that are focused on optimizing data collection, quality control, processing, and analy…
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