Mark Tucker

Sir Mark Edward Tucker (born 29 December 1957) is a British businessman, best known for his various roles at Prudential plc, where he was the CEO until September 2009.

Early life Mark Tucker started adult life as a trainee professional footballer, making appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Rochdale and Barnet, although he never played a first team match.

Career After retiring from professional football, Tucker studied Business Management at the University of Leeds. He then qualified as an accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He does not intend to retire, stating "There’s at least one more big job in me". He served as the CEO and president of Asian focus insurer AIA Group from June 2009 to September 2017, where he successfully led the former Asian assurance arm of New York-based American International Group (AIG) for an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in October 2010. It raised approximately HK$159.08 billion (US$20.51 billion), the world's third largest IPO ever.

Tucker was appointed to the board as a non-executive director and group chairman-designate of HSBC on 1 September 2017. He became non-executive group chairman on 1 October 2017, succeeding executive chairman Douglas Flint, who retired.

In June 2019, Tucker was appointed board chairman of the private-sector membership body and industry advocacy group TheCityUK, succeeding John McFarlane.

In February 2023, he was named a member of the McKinsey & Company External Advisory Group.

Personal life Tucker lives in New York with his wife, Janet, and two children, as of November 2022. During Tucker's time with AIA, the company became Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur's shirt main sponsor. He was knighted in the 2024 King's Birthday Honours "for services to the economy".