Tony Cheng is President and Chief Executive Officer of Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA). He was named President of RGA in January 2023, and prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President, Head of EMEA, Asia, and Australia for RGA Reinsurance Company, providing executive oversight for RGA’s EMEA, Asia, and Australia operations.
Tony joined RGA in 1997 as Chief Actuary of Malaysian Life Reinsurance Group Berhad, RGA’s joint venture with the Life Insurance Association of Malaysia. In 2004, Tony was named Chief Executive Officer of RGA’s Hong Kong office, responsible for all business activity in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, and in 2011, he was named Senior Vice President, Asia, an expanded role incorporating overall management of RGA Asia.
He holds a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis’ John M. Olin School of Business. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia (FIAA). An active participant and past President of the Actuarial Society of Hong Kong, he has also served as a council member of the Society and as a past Chair of its Experience and Life Committees.