Manulife appoints Chief Marketing Officer for Canada

Glenn Hollis brings experience from WestJet, Tim Hortons and Agency background

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TORONTO, Feb. 5, 2016 /CNW/ - Manulife today announced that it has appointed Glenn Hollis as Senior Vice-President and Chief Marketing Officer, Canadian Division for Manulife.  Reporting to the President and CEO of Manulife Canada, Marianne Harrison, Hollis will also be a member of the Canadian Division Executive Leadership Team.

"Manulife is innovating to create new and extraordinary customer experiences to set us apart from the competition and become a leading disruptor in our industry," said Harrison.  "Glenn brings transformational leadership to execute a truly innovative and integrated marketing strategy that builds on our brand in Canada."

Glenn Hollis was most recently with Level 5 Strategy Group as a Senior Strategic Consultant working on various businesses and also directly, through his own consultancy practice, with WestJet as a client.  From 2007 to 2015, he was Vice President, Marketing, Brand Strategy and Guest Experience (Canada, USA, & International) with Tim Hortons.  Prior to his tenure at Tim Hortons, Hollis worked at the Canadian operations of some of the world's leading advertising agencies, including J. Walter Thompson, Young and Rubicam, BBDO, and Saatchi & Saatchi.

About Manulife
Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group providing forward-thinking solutions to help people with their big financial decisions.  We operate as John Hancock in the United States, and Manulife elsewhere.  We provide financial advice, insurance and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions.  At the end of 2014, we had 28,000 employees, 58,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving 20 million customers.  At the end of September 2015, we had $888 billion (US$663 billion) in assets under management and administration, and in the previous 12 months we made more than $23 billion in benefits, interest and other payments to our customers.  Our principal operations are in Asia, Canada and the United States where we have served customers for more than 100 years.  With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we trade as 'MFC' on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges and under '945' in Hong Kong.  Follow Manulife on Twitter @ManulifeNews or visit www.manulife.com or www.johnhancock.com.

SOURCE Manulife Financial Corporation

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