Aafke van Daelen is the Senior Marketing and Communications Manager at Sun Life Financial Asia, where she is responsible for marketing and communications activities across seven Asian markets. In her role, she develops strategies and executes campaigns to build and protect Sun Life's brand and reputation internally and externally. Some of her recent projects include supporting Sun Life's sponsorship of the 2015 Asia Pacific Life Insurance Conference in Bali and preparing for the upcoming Asia Management Meeting in Manila. One of her main challenges is balancing advising internal stakeholders with promoting creativity at the local level, while ensuring brand consistency. She believes the role of communications will continue growing in influence in Asia and advocates for its integration with sustainability.