Two-year revamp yields banner year for GE

Singapore

AFTER 13 months without a chief executive and two years of restructuring under a new CEO, Singapore's grande dame of insurance is getting its mojo back.

Business and profits are up for Great Eastern Holdings, with several new products selling like hot cakes contributing to a banner year.

"Our momentum is continuing... we expect growth in 2018 to be sustained," group chief executive Khor Hock Seng said in his first full media interview since taking on the job two years ago.

But the revamp that Mr Khor put in place over two years was marked by some high profile departures…