Stuart Graham has been named vice president and managing director of institutional sales for MFC Global Investment Management, MFC Global’s senior vice president for sales & marketing, Keith Walter, said today.

Graham will be responsible for leading MFC Global’s institutional business development activities across Canada. He will report to Walter and his appointment is effective immediately.

“As our organization continues to grow, we’re very pleased to have Stuart Graham join our sales team and help us serve the needs of plan sponsors across Canada,” Walter said. “He brings a wealth of experience to MFC Global, with more than a decade of experience developing institutional sales initiatives and building key relationships with leading institutional investors and investment consultants.”

Graham previously had worked at Fidelity Investments, where for many years he held a variety of sales positions within the company’s Canadian institutional businesses. Previously he worked for Hewitt consulting company, and at McMillan, Binch and Mendelssohn, a Toronto law firm.

Graham graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a B.A. in History, and later earned his law degree from the University of Ottawa.

MFC Global Investment Management is the diversified investment management group of Manulife Financial, with investment offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, and throughout Southeast Asia.