Former Manulife Executive Joins Local Hong Kong Entrepreneurs to Help Transform Insurance Industry

HONG KONG, Feb. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Coherent Capital Advisors (CCA) announced today that John Brisco will become the Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Brisco joins co-founders Michael Chan and Fred Ngan as part of the Coherent Group management team.

Most recently CIO/COO for Manulife Asia, Mr. Brisco made a successful leadership contribution to the rapid growth of the Canadian insurance company's business in Asia. He added significant value to QBE Insurance and EY in his prior roles.

Coherent Group is a collection of insurtech start-ups including Coherent Capital Advisors and Seasonalife. The group's mission is to help the industry "Believe in a New Tomorrow", and its goal is to make insurance simpler for customers, intermediaries and insurers.

CCA is a technology, data and advisory business with a growing team of insurance and technology experts. The firm provides a wide range of services to improve the business of leading insurers across Asia. It was CCA's commitment and talent that convinced Mr. Brisco to join the team.

"CCA's true passion is to help the industry and lead insurers through roadblocks," said Mr. Brisco. "I met many different teams in my prior roles. None had the unique mission or the insurtech prowess that the CCA team has created. This is why I decided to team up with Fred and Michael. Together, we can help make the insurance industry simpler and in turn make a great leap for customers."

About Coherent Group

The Coherent Group originates and operates from Hong Kong.  The business is a collection of insurtech start-ups including Coherent Capital Advisors and Seasonalife.

For more information please visit www.coherent.com.hk.