Paris-based global insurer launches two shared service hubs – one in Manila and another in Kuala Lumpur– to help fulfill the company’s future-ready business strategy in the region. Shown during the launching of Shared Services Centre in Manila are (second row, from left) Axa Group chief operating officer Astrid Stange and Axa chief executive for Asian markets Gordon Watson, with (front row, from left) AXA Corporate Solutions executive chairman Doina Palici-Chehab, group chief information officer Dirk Marzluf, Axa Shared Services Centre Philippines and Malaysia chief executive Marc Blottiere, Ambassador of the French Republic to the Philippines Nicolas Galey, Axa Philippines president and chief executive Rahul Hora and Philippine Economic Zone Authority deputy director-general Mary Harriet Abordo.