Lennard joined Tricor Group in January 2018 as the Group CEO and Managing Director. In this role, he is responsible for the Group’s strategy and operations of Tricor. Tricor is Asia’s leading business expansion specialist that provides accounting, corporate services, payroll and corporate trust services to over 50,000 entities in 22 markets and 49 cities with around 3,000 employees mainly in Asia Pacific, London and the Caribbean offshore centres. Over the last 4 years under his stewardship and sponsor (Permira Funds), Tricor has grown revenues by over 200% and EBITDA by over 250%.

Prior to Tricor, his international experience spanned across financial services in Insurance, Asset Management and Banking having worked and lived in Australia, Asia and Europe for global financial services companies – ING Group, MetLife and FTLife. He has held CEO roles in these financial services companies and in his corporate experience managed: turnaround situations, setting up a joint-venture, mergers and acquisition, and divestment of a USD 2bn company (in 2012).

Lennard is an active contributor to the Hong Kong financial services industry. He was an advisor between 2014 – 2018 to the Hong Kong government’s Insurance Advisory Committee and the former Chairman of the HK Federation of Insurers – Life Insurance Council. Between 2015 and 2021, he was also the Board of Governors of AmCham (HK), the largest international chambers in Hong Kong.

His professional accreditations include memberships at the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) as well as Fellow CPA (Australia). He attended a Harvard Business School corporate program in 2015, IMD (Lausanne) corporate program in 2007. He has a Master of Commerce and a Bachelor of Business degree from two universities in Australia.

Michael is a Founding Sponsor of MayCham. He is a veteran private banker for over 25 years, and have held senior leadership positions at various international banks. As a C-suite executive, he is passionate about leadership and talent development. Outside of his day job, he serves on the Executive Committee of the Private Wealth Management Association. He also serves as a Board of Director at the Credit Reference Platform Limited, a subsidiary of Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited. In addition, he is an appointed member of the Court at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) as well as a member of the Institutional Advancement and Outreach Committee. He has been a regular exam grader for the CFA Institute for the past decade. Michael obtained the degree of MBA from J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and HKUST, and Bachelor of Economic and Social Studies in Economics and Law degree with First Class Honours from the University of Wales. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds the FT Non-Executive Director Diploma.