Sun Life Financial Inc. has appointed Colm Freyne as interim chief financial officer, effective July 1, the company said Monday.

Freyne, who is currently Sun Life’s senior vice president and controller, takes on the position following the resignation of Rick McKenney.

McKenney will be taking up an executive position with Unum Group, an employee benefits products provider based in Chattanooga, Tenn.

“Colm is highly qualified to lead our exceptional enterprise-wide team of finance professionals, given his three decades of international financial services experience,” Sun Life CEO Donald Stewart said in a release.

“He has been with Sun Life since 2003, having joined us from a major Canadian chartered bank.”

Sun Life said its board and executive team would work with Freyne over the balance of the year to determine the finance structure to best serve the company for the longer term.

On Friday, Manulife Financial Corp. named Michael Bell its chief financial officer, following the retirement of Peter Rubenovitch.

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