About

Diana The had over ten years of private practice experience – including five years as a partner in the corporate division of David Lim and Partners – and general counsel and head of legal and company secretary roles with Harmony Capital Group and Eastspring Investments (the Asian asset management arm of Prudential Plc) under her belt respectively before moving to Aon at the start of 2014. Then, she was appointed to be chief counsel for its various consulting businesses revolving around HR solutions, retirement and investment consulting within Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, she has steadily added responsibilities since this point, and now takes on a number of highly important roles within the company, including deputy global counsel for Aon Securities, chief counsel for Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa for Aon Retirement Solutions and representative director for Aon Hewitt Japan. It is clear that the organisation holds The and her leadership abilities in high esteem, given the responsibilities inherent in these various extremely senior roles. When discussing the immense success and rapid progression she has enjoyed while with Aon, The provided a number of insights into why this has occurred: ‘I am never one to rest on my laurels and am always looking for opportunities to take on fresh challenges and learn new areas of business. With the many facets of businesses that Aon cover, particularly from where I sit in the middle as legal counsel, I could see many synergies between the various businesses that Aon has. I wanted to be able to act as the connector as well as a business enabler whilst simultaneously managing legal risks across the different lines of business for Asia. It was my ability to connect which led to my role being expanded to a larger role as deputy global counsel for a specific business within Aon and be separately recommended by one of our global business leaders to be appointed as the representative director for our Japan business’. On the subject of leadership, and successfully operating at the upper echelons of a major corporation, The has a clear strategy for maximising the positive effect one can have on the company. ‘When you are in a senior position, it is no longer sufficient to hide in one corner poring through legal documents or be simply “the lawyer” of the company. With your wealth of working experience, you have so much to contribute to the organisation and its people, to be a role model and mentor to your younger colleagues and be visible within the organisation and beyond into your network and circle of contacts to promote what you personally value most in terms of principles and beliefs’, The says.