LivWell Asia ("LivWell"), a digital health and protection-focused insuretech company, which operates in Vietnam and India, has appointed Wilf Blackburn as Executive Chairman. 

The company has claimed that Blackburn has played a pivotal role in his prior companies to drive growth in multiple emerging markets including Asia. The company serves millennials and GenZ as its clientele. 

Prior to joining LivWell, Blackburn served as the Regional CEO, of Insurance Growth Markets for Prudential, where he was responsible for steering 16 markets across Asia and Africa towards accelerated growth. Before this, Wilf was the CEO of Prudential Assurance Company Singapore (Prudential Singapore), a position he held for four years. 

He joined Prudential Corporation Asia in 2012 and had a role to launch market initiatives, including overseeing the launch of Prudential's business operations in Cambodia and the establishment of Prudential's representative offices in Myanmar and Laos. He also served as Vietnam Country Head. 

"Excited to have Wilf join our board and steer our vision," said Nikhil Verma, Group CEO & Co-Founder of LivWell. "He has the transformative mindset, experience, and drive to help us accelerate towards our goal of becoming a leader in Health and Protection in Asia, and I have seen this firsthand during my time with Wilf while he was CEO at Prudential Vietnam," said Nikhil.
 
"LivWell's vision on health and protection and their strong progress so far have got me excited to join at this early stage and be a part of the rapid building of a digitally enabled insurer for the next generation," said Wilf Blackburn.
 
"The founding team's ambition to create a regional customer-centric insurance business was key to my interest, as we see a major opportunity to create offerings that are relevant to the emerging generation of Asian consumers," added Blackburn.