Jessica Tan

Jessica Tan is President of Sun Life Canada. She is responsible for leading Sun Life’s business in its home market, driving continued growth as a leader in health, wealth and protection for Canadians.

Jessica is widely recognized as a transformative leader. She held a top 5 ranking on Fortune’s Most Powerful Women for 5 consecutive years (2019 – 2023) and has been recognized as one of Forbes’ The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women since 2019.

Jessica is a highly accomplished executive with extensive global experience in the insurance and financial services industry. Before joining Sun Life, Jessica served as co-CEO of Ping An, one of Asia’s largest insurance companies. She also previously held the roles of COO and CIO. Prior to that Jessica was a partner at McKinsey where she worked in over 13 countries.

Jessica is an active leader in the global community and is passionate about the intersection of health and technology. She sits on several global boards and advisory committees including AGE-WELL, National Healthcare Group, Asia Society, Singapore Central Provident Fund, Oxford Blavtatnik School of Government, SEA (Southeast Asia’s largest gaming, e-commerce and fintech company), Coincheck (Japan’s largest crypto platform), and the Global Finance & Technology Network.

Jessica graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a Master in electrical engineering and computer science, and Bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering and economics.