Stephan is the Chief Investment Officer of Prudential Insurance Asia, a position he has held since May 2017. From 2014 to 2016 he worked at Pinebridge Investments as Head of Insurance Asset Management and led the global insurance advisory practice. He has worked in Hong Kong since 2005 as Head of Investments for ING Insurance Asia-Pacific from 2010 to 2013 and as Director of Proprietary Asset Management for ING Investment Management Asia-Pacific from 2005 to 2008. Other positions he held at ING were Head of Insurance Asset Management Europe in The Hague and General Manager ING Investment Management Italy in Milan. He was also a Board Member of ING Life Malaysia. He holds an MBA from Bocconi University, an MA of the School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University and did his undergraduate degree at Nijenrode University, Netherlands.