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Steven Yeo is Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Manulife Asia. Based in Hong Kong, Steven is responsible for setting the strategic direction for legal and compliance services and corporate governance across Asia Division, and has oversight of all legal, compliance and corporate governance units supporting Manulife’s businesses in Asia. He is a member of both Asia Division Senior Leadership and the Global Legal & Compliance team. Steven has been covering legal affairs in Asia since 1996, and has advised on a number of regulatory developments across Asia, including advising the Hong Kong Trustee & Custodian Forum on the Hong Kong Mandatory Provident Fund (“MPF”) and making successful oral and written representations on behalf of the industry to Hong Kong’s Legislative Council on revisions to the Hong Kong MPF legislation. He joined Manulife after 18 years at Citigroup, first in London and later in Asia, where he was Managing Director and Asia General Counsel of its Corporate & Commercial Bank, Global Transactions Services, Structured Finance as well as other divisions. Before that, Steven trained with and was a solicitor in the London banking department of one of the UK’s ‘magic circle’ law firms. He is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales. Steven takes an active interest in charitable works, and is a Member of the Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Sedan Chair Race Charity Fund.