Michael Waitze worked in Global Finance for more than 20 years, employed by firms like Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, primarily in Tokyo. Michael lived and worked in Tokyo from February 1990 until December 2011. Michael always maintained a particular focus on how technology could be used to make businesses more efficient and to drive P/L growth.
Michael is a leader in the digital media space, building one of the biggest and fastest-growing podcast listener bases in the region. His AsiaTechPodcast.com show has listeners in more than 170 countries and his company, Michael Waitze Media produces some of Asia’s most popular podcasts.
In this episode Michael Waitze talks to Sebastien Gaudin, the CEO & Co-Founder of The CareVoice. The CareVoice is a Shanghai-based health InsurTech startup that focuses on making healthcare more human while using technology. The Company is already working with 15 insurance clients in China and Hong Kong. After completing the Ping An Accelerator, the […]
In this episode, Michael Waitze spoke with Cleosent Randing, the founder and CEO of PasarPolis. PasarPolis is a tech platform that provides solutions for their partner companies including Go-Jek, Traveloka and Tokopedia. Cleosent studied at the Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. His first job was in digital performance before starting PasarPolis because he saw a […]
In this episode, Michael Waitze spoke to Tom Duncan, the Head of Insurance at Grab. Tom is not new to the financial services sector in general and the insurance business in particular. After more than a decade working in Global Markets at banks like ANZ and Barclays, Tom moved into the startup world and then […]
Halfway through September, it is time for another InsurTech news roundup! Singapore’s CXA was in the news announcing it was looking for fresh funding and its desire to become Southeast Asia’s first InsurTech unicorn. It also maintained that it expects to be profitable by 2020. Axinan, another Singapore based company, was back in the news […]