Prior to joining AIA, Mr Tucker held various senior management roles with Prudential plc. He was the founding Chief Executive of Prudential Corporation Asia Limited from 1994 to 2003, expanding its geographic portfolio from 3 to 12 markets. Mr Tucker was also on the board of Prudential plc for 10 years, serving as its Group Chief Executive from 2005 to 2009. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Tucker was Group Finance Director, HBOS plc.

Mr Tucker served on the Court of The Bank of England as a non-executive director from June 2009 to May 2012, where he was a member of both its Financial Stability and Audit and Risk Committees. From November 2012 to April 2017 he was an independent non-executive director of the Goldman Sachs Group.

Mr Tucker is Chairman of TheCityUK, non-executive Chairman of Discovery Limited and an Associate Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He serves on the Asia Business Council and the Advisory Board of the Asia Global Institute. He is also a member of the International Advisory Board of the Edinburgh Festival International. Mr Tucker was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Peterson Institute for International Economics in May 2018.