Wenli Yuan

Senior Analyst
Asia Research Group

wyuan@celent.com

Wenli Yuan is a senior analyst in Celent's Asia Research group and is based in Beijing. Ms.Yuan’s area of expertise lies in the financial services industry in China, including insurance e-business, insurance distribution and service, banking and securities.

She is the author of many of Celent's reports on China insurance, banking and securities. Her research covers China insurance PAS vendor evaluation, insurance e-business, corporate banking, core banking system, ATM, and equities market trends.

Ms. Yuan’s comments on China financial and technology topics have appeared in Wall Street and Technology, The Banker, American Banker, China Economic Review, gtnews, Business Line, CardLine Global, and South China Morning Post.  She is a frequent presenter at industry events, including LOMA International Underwriting Congress, Insurance Executives’ Summit on Technology, Workshop on Expanding Access to Insurance for the Poor.

Prior to joining Celent, Ms. Yuan worked as a business analyst in the insurance department of Hisun Tech and Global InfoTech successively. In these roles, she analyzed information technology requirements in the China market and researched insurance systems provided by international vendors. She was also responsible for managing the firms’ relations with international IT vendors, including product delivery.

Previously, Ms. Yuan worked in the e-business department of Taikang Life Insurance Company. She was responsible for planning and implementing agent service and policy-owner service through the Web, as well as the design of the online insurance purchase process. Prior to this position, Ms. Yuan worked in Taikang Life’s sales department, obtaining her FLMI qualifications from LOMA during this period.

Ms. Yuan received her BS from Peking University. She is fluent in Chinese and English.