Chief Commercial & Product Officer, Wealth

Prudential is seeking a Chief Commercial & Product Officer, Wealth to drive and optimize commercial and financial performance of Wealth across the Group.

The successful candidate will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer, Wealth & Bermuda, and will be responsible for:

Strategic finance and business performance

• Developing and executing Wealth's financial strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and long-term value creation.
• Leading financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting across the Wealth platform.
• Establishing management reporting and performance dashboards across Wealth, providing insights into financial, commercial, and operational performance.
• Defining and monitoring key performance indicators, including revenue, profitability, productivity, return on capital, and value creation.
• Providing strategic financial advice, scenario analysis, and decision support to the Wealth CEO, Executive Committee, and Boards.

Product Strategy and Commercial Management

• Providing executive oversight of Wealth’s product strategy, development, capability build, and Group execution.
• Driving the product strategy and end-to-end product development of Prudential Bermuda products, ensuring alignment with the overall Wealth business strategy.
• Ensuring products deliver sustainable profitability, capital efficiency, and differentiated customer value.
• Leading the design and operationalisation of third-party reinsurance arrangements to enhance capital efficiency and product competitiveness.

Financial governance and platform management

• Establishing consistent financial governance, management reporting, and performance frameworks across the Wealth platform.
• Partnering with the Bermuda CFO and LBU CFOs to ensure alignment between platform oversight and local legal entity responsibilities.
• Ensuring robust financial controls, governance, and decision-making processes across Wealth initiatives.

Strategic partnerships and Wealth Centre of Excellence

• Supporting external product innovation and business development with strategic partners, including private banks, international brokers, and reinsurers.
• Partnering with Wealth Finance and Actuarial to support Wealth CDO driving commercial structuring and financial evaluation of strategic partnerships and bespoke propositions.

Leadership and organisation development

• Building and leading the Wealth Strategic Finance and Product organisations.
• Developing organisational capabilities spanning strategic finance, product economics, analytics, and portfolio optimisation.
• Fostering a culture of commercial discipline, innovation, accountability, and collaboration.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Actuarial Sciences, Accounting, Economics, Business or related discipline.
• 20+ years of experience in product and/or finance leadership within insurance, wealth management, or financial services.
• Strong knowledge of financial reporting standards, solvency requirements, and international frameworks.
• Proven track record in product development & pricing, strategic finance, portfolio optimization, and business performance.

Preferred Attributes

• Experience building or scaling a regional Wealth or High Net Worth business.
• Strong understanding of insurance capital frameworks, embedded value, IFRS 17, and economic value measurement.