The Team
Founder - CEO & Data Protection Officer
Dr. Matthias de Ferrieres
Matthias has more than 25 years experience in Entrepreneurship in Asia.
He joined AXA in 2001 to develop new business units in Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong and Indonesia.
He left the insurance giant as their Regional CMO in 2014 after launching the first web app concept and "skin" focusing on insurance acquisition within AXA.
Since 2014, Matthias has created and sold a series of profitable start-ups to known incumbents such as AXA and DBS, each of them offering a strong value proposition to the insurance industry.
Strong believer in insurance intermediaries, he founds My-Insurer in September 2017 to respond to the appetite of the financial advisors to better serve their customers through digital transformation.
Matthias holds a PhD in International Entrepreneurship, an MBA from Chicago Booth – University of Chicago, a Master's in International Law from the University of Sydney, and a Bachelor of Business degree from a French business school.
Co-founder – Chief Business Development Officer
Regine Lai
Regine has more than 10 years in the insurance industry and 15 years in business development. No stranger to the world of start-ups, Regine embarked on her first entrepreneurial venture in brand consultancy shortly upon graduation. She has developed a people-focused business in retail, banking & finance and insurance for 17 years.
She joined Matthias in late 2017 to bring her strong enthusiasm and experience in setting up from scratch a base of clients
Chief Operation Officer
Fiza Tuahhaini
Fiza has been in the insurance industry for more than 9 years. Her professional experience includes working with prominent insurers and brokers and financial advisors. She left AXA Partners as an operations team lead, where she managed the team's performance and assisted in new member onboarding in Singapore and Malaysia.
She later went on to Abacare, where she honed her broking skills, focusing on employee benefits for SMEs and international medical insurance. Her expertise lies in customer experience, account management and operations.
Fiza joined the team in June 2021, where she is leading the overall operations and assisting in the development of the business community of Wellnex Singapore and Wellnex Malaysia and assisting in the development of the business community of Wellnex.
She is also a Certified General Insurance / Health (SCI).
Chief IT Officer
Thin Tran, August
August joined the team in April 2018 with a strong background of IT and Quality Assurance. He has been instrumental in making the app and software viable, robust, secured and scalable.
With more than 10 years experience in IT and insurance, he joined the project since the beginning and is in charge of developing new and maintaining current functionalities and modules, as well as monitoring the data flow and successful release of the app and software.
Chief Program Officer
Shelby Pham
Shelby is the first joiner of Matthias team back in 2015. She plays a pivotal role in ensuring the app and software are not only functional but also robust, secure, and scalable. Drawing from over a decade of experience in both IT and insurance sectors, Shelby has been involved in the project from its inception. Her responsibilities include supervising, developing and maintaining the architecture of the platform, managing the developing team and ensuring that the platform remains robust and up to date at all times.
Customer Service Executive
Mya Myet Cheal Ooo
Myet is an experienced administrative and technical support specialist with a background in engineering and remote team coordination. With over 10 years of experience in customer service and concierge management, Myet will take over our booking support and member assistance function. Her responsibilities will include managing the appointments and follow-up of all our clients. She will head the governance to ensure that the experience of our concierge remains of the highest standard.