Toronto-based Manulife Financial Corp. announced on Wednesday that Roy Gori has been appointed as its new president.
Gori, who serves as senior executive vice president and general manager of the firm’s Asia division, has been tapped to helm the firm’s Canadian, U.S. and investment operations. He will also continue to oversee the firm’s business in Asia.
“Roy is an enormously capable leader, an innovator and agent of change, and is very committed to customer centricity,” says Donald Guloien, CEO of Manulife, in a statement. “I am simply delighted Roy is taking on this significant role, leveraging his talent, expertise and collaborative instinct across all of our businesses, and very excited about the impact he will have on Manulife’s future.”
Currently based in Hong Kong, Gori will relocate to Toronto and assume his post effective June 5. Before joining Manulife in 2015, Gori held several posts at Citibank, at which he spent much of his career, serving as head of consumer banking in North Asia and Australia and regional head of retail banking for the Asia-Pacific.
“I’m excited to take on this opportunity and to play a role in shaping Manulife’s businesses around the world at a time of rapid and significant change,” Gori says.
Gori holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and finance from the University of New South Wales and MBA in marketing from the University of Technology Sydney.
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