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Leong Sow Hoe

Leong Sow Hoe

Leong Sow Hoe

B. Eng, ChFC, IBF Fellow

Prudential Group Financial Services Director

It was Singapore’s first post-independence experience of an economic recession. That was in 1985 and the only job interview Leong Sow Hoe, then a fresh Civil & Structural Engineering undergraduate, had for that entire year was with the Prudential.

He had been referred by a Prudential agent and remembered leaving the presentation with a lasting impression. It seemed promising as a job with great financial success and favourable career advancements.

While in the university, Sow Hoe was outspoken in matters pertaining to student affairs. He surmises that it could be that same vocal spirit that has made him stay on for so long in this industry. He rejoices whenever gathering new prospects, securing appointments, closing sales and spending time with his
loyal clients.

It is an indescribable feeling of fulfilment when he manages to deliver claims for his clients which exceeded expectations. What brings him immense joy is when he succeeds in acquiring a new team member, grooming him and seeing him prosper in his own career. In that way, Sow Hoe is an enabler of aspiration and a symbol of inspiration.

Sow Hoe is a believer in life insurance. His clients have shared their perception of him being very personable and knowledgeable.

TAGroup’s value of ‘giving’ resonates best with Sow Hoe, reminding him to not be self-absorbed but rather, shifting the focus to helping others instead.

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Financial Consultant, Prudential Assurance Company Singapore

Financial Consultant, Prudential Assurance Company Singapore

Financial Consultant, Prudential Assurance Company Singapore

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What people say about me?

Even from the outside, I can see you have done much to lead effectively. I hope there are more people like you in line, Leaders who are courageous to make the right decisions based on truth and what is best for the future. Thank you Sow Hoe.

Robert YoungFormer Director of AIA

Absolutely a marked difference all you have gathered and scattered in the two-year term in office. Wrestling the Fee base, Fair recommendations issues and rendering MediShield life workshop to heartlanders are salute-worthy. Well done and coffee will be served.

Paul WongFinancial Services Director,

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Leong Sow Hoe

Prudential Senior Financial Services Director

A caring and dedicated mentor who weaves success stories

“Everyone has his own potential.”

This is more than a motherhood statement to Mr. Leong Sow Hoe, Senior Financial Services Director at TAG. After all he has personally groomed numerous protégés who have gone on over the years to become consummate financial consultants and capable managers.

Guided by the belief that each person possesses inherent capability and talent, he does his part as a facilitator and coach, even bringing succour when hope seems all but lost.

Describing what he does for each associate with whom he crosses paths, Sow Hoe says: “My job is to inspire and spur this person to greater heights. My job is to be there when the person is down… to urge the person, encourage the person to go even a little further to reach that which is just beyond his grasp, and to attain it, and to savour the victory.”

And done this he has. In the course of a stint of some 35 years as a financial consultant, he counts among the fruits of his labour a number who underwent a challenge-ridden transition into the insurance sector.

“I’ve seen many who have come into this industry struggling even in the initial years in the area of prospecting, to get leads, to get sales, to service the clients,” observes Sow Hoe, who is happy to report that these persons have progressed to see brighter days in their career of choice. “Today they are sitting on top of the pile in terms of sales or even management.”

And this is his promise to prospective candidates: “So to him who wants to excel in sales or excel in management, then as a mentor, my job is to identify and to help him along the way to achieve his goal.”

In Sow Hoe’s opinion, the crux of mentoring lies in role modelling. The most vital attribute of a mentor is “integrity”, and to impart this quality “one has to be transparent”. To bring this about, he holds himself to the highest standard in professional ethics and personal moral traits.

Among TAG’s four core values, the 60-year-old resonates most with the commitment to be genuine. The organisation is “not a fake front where we put up something, an artificial billboard just to draw the people in,” he assures, “but we are genuinely interested to develop people so that they can be a true professional in discharging his or her duties and responsibilities in helping clients achieve financial security.”

As far as Sow Hoe is concerned, this entails being true to one’s word, and acting on the promises one has made to a client.

For him, the name of his organisation alludes to the social media platform, Facebook’s function that allows a person to create a link to a specific friend’s profile, “so we can’t put everyone into the same mould.” Rather than doing that, the company stands for professional training and nurturing that caters to the individual’s strengths, takes account of their weaknesses, and harnesses their talents and potential so that they might attain their vision for their career.