Euclid Transactional, a managing general agent specialising in transactional insurance underwriting and claims management, has announced the appointment of Wai Ling Low as senior vice-president and tax underwriter for the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.
Wai Ling’s primary responsibilities involve assisting Euclid Transactional’s major broker partners by underwriting particular tax liability risks.
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According to the company, Wai Ling is the inaugural tax underwriter from the APAC region to become part of Euclid Transactional’s worldwide tax insurance team. She reports to Chris Waddington, who serves as the managing director and head of Tax for EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and APAC.
Chris commented: “We are very excited to have Wai Ling join Euclid Transactional’s global tax insurance team, which allows us to offer local tax underwriting capabilities in the APAC region for the first time. This will further enhance our global tax insurance offering and the support we provide to our key partners on their international deals.”
Wai Ling becomes a part of the expanding Singapore-based APAC team that provides services to its brokers and clients on their merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions, tax risks and contingent risks in the region.
Euclid Transactional managing director and APAC head Alice Ho said: “With her wealth of expertise in APAC tax, Wai Ling enhances our ability on the ground in APAC to provide integrated solutions to our valued partners. This strategic hire further cements our long-term commitment to the APAC region and we look forward to continuing to invest in talents in order to better address the needs of our partners.”
Wai Ling possesses 14 years of experience in advising clients on international tax matters, corporate restructuring and M&A. Furthermore, she holds the designation of accredited tax advisor (income tax) from the Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals.
Before her tenure at Euclid Transactional, Wai Ling served as an associate partner at EY Singapore, following her position in the corporate tax advisory team at PwC.
The company launched Asia-Pacific operations in August last year.
Euclid Transactional employs more than 140 individuals and operates from ten locations globally.
It focuses on underwriting of representations and warranties/warranty and indemnity, tax liability, contingent liability and other transactional insurance products.
