Our Executive Committee is made up of industry-leading figures from a diverse variety of professional backgrounds, collectively equipping AIA Philippines with the expertise and leadership qualities to drive sustainable growth of the business.
Executive Committee
Board of Directors
Melita Teo
Chief Executive Officer
Ms. Melita Teo is the Chief Executive Officer of AIA Philippines.
Prior to her appointment, Ms. Teo was Chief Customer and Digital Officer at AIA Singapore, where she was responsible for advancing the customer, brand, integrated health strategy and wealth propositions, accelerating the delivery of an integrated digital and analytics value creation for customers and distribution. She likewise previously served as Chief Operations Officer, Chief Corporate Solutions Officer, Chief Business Development Officer for Vitality and Head of Planning and Strategy. She was the driving and collaborative force behind the transformation of operations, digital and healthcare, introducing many policy controls and new growth initiatives and thought leadership, clearly differentiating AIA Singapore from the market. Under her leadership, AIA Singapore received many industry accolades in Digital, Healthcare and Customer Service Excellence.
Ms. Teo holds a degree in Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Economics and Finance from Curtin University of Technology – Western Australia.
Carla Domingo
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
As Head of Legal & Corporate Secretary, Atty. Domingo also serves as the Corporate Secretary of BPI-Philam Life Assurance Corporation (formerly Ayala Life). She also served as corporate secretary of various Philam companies from 2008 to January 2014, to with: Philam Equitable Life Assurance Company; AIA Philippines Properties Group of Companies; Philam Asset Management Inc.; AIA Philippines Call Center Services, Inc.; the Tower Club, Inc. and Philam Foundation, Inc.
She also served as Deputy Company Secretary of AIA Group Limited from February 7, 2014 to February 6, 2015.
Ellen Imasa
Chief Human Resources Officer
As the Chief Human Resources Officer, Ms. Ellen Imasa is responsible for AIA Philippines’ human resources (HR) strategy, spearheading the initiatives towards its transformation into an organization of the future.
Ms. Imasa has over 20 years of experience in Human Resources in the Philippines and in several countries, encompassing multiple industries. Prior to joining AIA Philippines, Ms. Imasa was the HR Director for Commercial Division of Philip Morris (Philippines), overseeing more than 2,500 employees across its 39 Sales Offices all over the country. She also held several senior HR leadership positions with Henkel namely, Country HR Head for the Philippines including the Shared Service Center, as Regional Head of Talent Management, Asia Pacific based in Shanghai, China and as Global HR Business Partner for Finance, Strategy and Marketing in the corporate headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany concurrent to her role as Regional HR Business Partner, Consumer and General Adhesive business for Western Europe. Before joining Henkel, she was also the Head of HR in VeriFone for Philippines, India and Australia.
Ms. Imasa earned her degree in Psychology from De La Salle University and her Diploma in Industrial Relations with specialization in Human Resources Development from the University of the Philippines Diliman, School of Labor Relations.
Gary Ogilvie
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Gary Ogilvie is a seasoned Finance professional and qualified UK Chartered Accountant who now takes the role of Chief Financial Officer in AIA Philippines. With 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, he demonstrates strong commercial acumen and experience beyond his core finance capability.
Prior to his appointment as AIA Group’s Regional Business Development Director in 2015, he served as the Deputy CEO and CFO of AIA Vitality, rolling it out across three major AIA markets – Singapore, Australia, and Hong Kong. He also held other positions in the Group, namely Head of Finance Transformation and Systems from 2007 to 2012, and AVP for Finance in 2006. With over a decade of experience in the AIA Group, Mr. Ogilvie has proven his expertise in starting up initiatives and business transformation: from visioning to execution, business development, financial governance, program management and system implementation.
Kitten Samaniego
Chief Risk Officer
As AIA Philippines' Chief Risk Officer, Ms. Kitten Samaniego is responsible for the organization’s enterprise risk management. Ms. Samaniego joined AIA Philippines with an extensive international and local experience on risk and compliance. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Samaniego was the Chief Risk Officer and Member of the Board of Directors of ANZ Bank Taiwan Ltd. She also held various roles in the Singapore Regional Office of ANZ Banking Group including Head of Risk for Retail, Wealth and Private Bank, and Head of Retail Credit Risk, covering Asia Pacific. Prior to ANZ Bank, she spent 10 years in HSBC performing senior roles heading Consumer Credit Risk and Collection and Local Conglomerates Relationship Banking. She also worked for BNP and Union Bank of the Philippines.
Ms. Samaniego earned her degree in Industrial Management Engineering from De La Salle University.
Melissa Henson
Chief Marketing Officer
Melissa Henson is Chief Marketing Officer at AIA Philippines. In this role, she is responsible for the company’s customer and marketing strategy, and oversees brand marketing, communications, propositions strategy & design, customer experience, customer engagement, and ESG.
Melissa brings to her role extensive knowledge and experience across the marketing, digital, customer and strategy management disciplines from the banking and insurance industries. Prior to joining AIA, she was the Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Manulife Philippines, where she led the company’s brand & digital marketing, communications, community investment, customer experience, and data analytics functions. During her tenure, she also spent time leading product management, innovation and customer-facing operations. Prior to Manulife Philippines, she was First Vice President and Head of Marketing at Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCOM), Vice President for Consumer eBusiness at Citibank Philippines, and Vice President for Online Revenue Growth at Citi Cards North America.
Melissa graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the Ateneo de Manila University, and earned her Masters in Business Administration from Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business where she received a Dean’s Citation for Service.
Dexter Agcaoili
Chief Investment Officer
Dexter Agcaoili is the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) for AIA Philippines, where he is responsible for overseeing all investment outcomes. In this role, he manages the partnership between AIA Philippines, AIA Investment Management & Trust Company (AIA IM PH), and other Investment functions across AIA Philippines entities. Dexter will also lead strategic and tactical asset allocations across all portfolios.
Dexter has twenty-five (25) years of extensive experience in Investment Management, Investment Governance, and Business Development in the life insurance business. He has assumed various senior leadership roles in leading financial institutions, namely: AXA Group, Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) and Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI). He spent nine (9) years in AXA Philippines and led the launch of various products, financial platforms, programs, and investment portfolios that successfully gave recognition to AXA Philippines. His contributions to AXA's Unit Linked Fund Suite account for about 70% of AXA Philippines' Assets Under Management (AUM) today. He was the Category Head for Single Premium & Unit-Linked Funds in AXA before he joined AIA Philippines.
Dexter completed his Master of Science in Finance and Bachelor of Science in Business Economics degrees at the University of the Philippines (Diliman).
Vincent Chong
Chief Agency Officer
Vincent Chong is the Chief Agency Officer at AIA Philippines, where he leads the Agency Sales Group in strengthening AIA’s presence in the country.
For the past 22 years, Vincent has held various positions with international insurance companies—namely AIA Berhad, AIA Group, ING Insurance Berhad, and FWD Group. Prior to joining AIA Philippines, he was the Chief Agency Officer of AIA Cambodia. The leadership roles he occupied at the Group and local level provided him the opportunity to drive agency growth across different markets and cultures.
Vincent earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia.
Judy San Jose
Chief Technology and Operations Officer
As the Chief Technology and Operations Officer (CTOO) of AIA Philippines, Judy San Jose is responsible for executing strategies and initiatives that will enable efficient and high-quality delivery of services to our customers.
Judy has extensive experience in senior leadership positions in life, health/medical, and travel insurance operations. She is also a Six Sigma and Change Management practitioner, Culture Coach and Certified Scrum Master.
Prior to joining AIA, Judy held several leadership roles — as head of Operations Strategy and Planning at Manulife, and Group Chief Operations Officer at Pacific Cross International. She also briefly oversaw operations for Pacific Cross Philippines and Hong Kong.
Judy earned a Bachelors Degree in Commerce, Major in Business Administration, from the University of Santo Tomas.