Unlocking new partnerships across Asia’s healthcare ecosystem

Dr Axel Baur is a healthcare transformation leader whose global expertise spans health system design, care delivery models, biotech innovation, pharmaceutical research and operations. With more than 30 years across the healthcare ecosystem—including payors, providers and life sciences companies such as pharmaceutical, medical product and biotech organisations—he brings a system-wide perspective to helping governments and healthcare organisations improve performance, affordability and sustainability.

At Amplify Health, Axel leads a pan-Asian health technology, analytics and services company that helps healthcare payors, providers and policymakers make better decisions, address inefficiencies and build more sustainable health systems. Through its technology, data analytics and healthcare expertise, Amplify Health aims to improve health outcomes across Asia by accelerating the region’s shift towards more sustainable, value-driven care.

Prior to joining Amplify Health in March 2022, Axel spent 26 years at McKinsey & Company, where he served as a Senior Partner in the Hong Kong office and was a leader of the firm’s Asia Healthcare Practice. His work with organisations and governments across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and APAC covered healthcare system design, public and private health insurance, provider strategy, hospital operations, health sciences companies and healthtech innovation. In APAC, he supported growth, transformation and innovation agendas across the value chain, including global operating models, regional growth strategies, large-scale transformations, and thinking on innovative care delivery models and practical payor-provider transformation.

Before joining McKinsey, Axel completed a PhD in Molecular Biology at Technische Universität Darmstadt and co-founded a research-based biotech company. This scientific and entrepreneurial foundation underpins his long-standing interest in healthcare innovation, technology-enabled transformation and system-wide impact. He also holds an MBA from INSEAD.

Axel is passionate about value-driven care, sustainable health financing, innovative care delivery models, payment integrity, chronic disease management, AI-enabled health intelligence and the role of data and analytics in making healthcare more accessible, affordable and effective.

With a career spanning 30 years, Ian Miller is a highly experienced executive in corporate finance and operations, having worked in consultancy services across insurance, healthcare, banking, and capital markets. Ian was Head of Strategic Financial Initiatives at AIA, where he led the execution of many of the Group’s major corporate transactions, including the Amplify Health joint venture between Discovery and AIA. 

In this role, he led the transition of the Group’s corporate structure after the AIA Group’s initial public offering (IPO) in 2010. Before joining AIA in 2014, Ian was a founding director and co-owner of a global consultancy specialising in delivering major change programmes for corporate clients. Ian is currently the Chief Financial and Operating Officer for Amplify Health. He is based in Singapore.

Juergen Sailer took over the role of Chief Technology Officer in mid-2024, after joining Amplify Health’s mission as Head of Operations in 2023. He is responsible for the advancement of our proprietary technology platform AHP and all product engineering. 

Before joining Amplify Health, Juergen pursued a career in consulting, during which he advised clients across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia on technology and operation projects. He holds a PhD in Physics in the field of quantum computing, and, as a lifelong technology enthusiast and nerd at heart, he continues to push for tech innovation to improve our products and services.

Dr Hannah Aldean leads Amplify Health’s team of experts in health claims risk management. She brings over 20 years of healthcare experience – including clinical practice at the NHS in the United Kingdom, healthcare advisory at consulting firm McKinsey, and expertise in designing and implementing value-driven funding models at Discovery Health, South Africa’s largest health insurer.

At Amplify Health, Hannah has focused her clinical and business expertise on translating data insights into organisational changes that drive Asia’s shift towards value-driven care. Her passion to unlock sustainable value through provider and patient journey management has led to innovative health policy design for multiple APAC insurers, which aim to improve the affordability and accessibility of healthcare in the region.

With over 20 years’ experience in the fields of reinsurance, commercial consulting and public health, Siaowearn is an expert health insurance strategist and executive. In her role as Chief Commercial Officer, Siaowearn leads Amplify Health’s strategic commercial objectives, ensuring that product solutions and innovations are translated into commercial value for the business, clients, and partners. Before joining Amplify Health, Siaowearn worked for the National University Health System in Singapore. Her area of expertise was financing and programme management to launch the Health District. The aim of this whole-of-government testbed, led by the National University Health System (NUHS), National University of Singapore (NUS) and Housing and Development Board (HDB) was to pilot initiatives for healthy longevity in Singapore.

Before this, Siaowearn led Willis Towers Watson’s health insurance consulting and technology practice for Asia. She had previously led Swiss Re’s regional team responsible for the pricing, product development, data analytics and portfolio management of Swiss Re’s medical business across Asia. Siaowearn is a senior health actuary and Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), a member of the IFoA Health and Care Board, and a Council Member of the Singapore Actuarial Society. She holds a master’s degree in Public Health from the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. She is based in Singapore.

Aileen Tan leads the development and execution of Amplify Health’s people strategy, in support of sustainable business growth, as Chief Human Resources Officer. Her remit includes talent and leadership development, succession planning, as well as organisational effectiveness and performance management.

A strong advocate of human capital development, Aileen is committed to enabling individuals to realise their full potential. She encourages continuous learning and growth, challenging teams to step beyond their comfort zones as they build future ready capabilities.

Aileen brings extensive regional and global experience, having led HR teams across multinational organisations including AIA Singapore, BHP Billiton, BP, Cisco Systems (USA) and GE Plastics. Her career highlights include leading large scale organisational restructuring, managing transformation and business integration initiatives, and strengthening leadership pipelines. She has also driven the streamlining of talent management, talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, and HR operations.