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==