Manulife Phl announces new chief agency officer

MANILA, Philippines - Manulife Philippines announced the appointment of David Grant as the company’s new senior vice president and chief agency officer effective Dec. 1, 2012. He succeeded John Curtis who has been appointed as chief distribution officer at Manulife Singapore. With over 25 years in the financial services industry, Grant comes to Manulife Philippines with extensive international experience as a vice president, chief agency officer and general manager in agency, corporate solutions and affinity distribution. Throughout his career, Grant has exhibited successful business leadership in rapidly increasing the recruitment, productivity and professionalism of agency forces in Asia, both in established and emerging markets. He has also been instrumental in the strategic development of financial planning, bancassurance, corporate solutions, workplace and retail distribution channels. In announcing the appointment, Manulife Philippines president and chief executive officer Indren Naidoo said, “With David’s wealth of experience, I have no doubt in my mind that he will work to take our agency business to greater heights.”

About Manulife Philippines

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company opened its doors for business in the Philippines in 1907. Since then, Manulife’s Philippine Branch and later The Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. (Phils.), Inc. (Manulife Philippines) has grown to become one of the leading life insurance companies in the country. Manulife Philippines is a wholly-owned domestic subsidiary of ManulifeFinancial Corporation.

About Manulife Financial

Manulife Financial is a leading Canada-based financial services group with principal operations in Asia, Canada and the United States. Clients look to Manulife to provide strong, reliable, trustworthy and forward-thinking solutions for their most significant financial decisions. Our international network of employees, agents and distribution partners offers financial protection and wealth management products and services to millions of clients. We also provide asset management services to institutional customers. Funds under management by Manulife Financial and its subsidiaries were C$515 billion (US$523 billion) as at September 30, 2012. The Company operates as Manulife Financial in Canada and Asia and primarily as John Hancock in the United States.

Manulife Financial Corporation trades as ‘MFC’ on the TSX, NYSE and PSE, and under ‘945’ on the SEHK. Manulife Financial can be found on the Internet at manulife.com.