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TORONTO, Jan. 14, 2016 /CNW/ - Manulife Financial Corporation (Manulife) has appointed Greg Framke as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Mr. Framke will be responsible for all of Manulife's Information Services (IS) activities on a global basis and advancing the Company's effective use of information technology. In this role, Mr. Framke serves as a member of Manulife's Executive and Management Committees, and reports to Paul Rooney, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

"We aspire to deliver a seamless, digitally-enabled, end-to-end customer experience and gain greater insight from customer data through advanced analytics to better support the business," said Mr. Rooney. "Greg has deep expertise in technology working for both large international technology organizations and fast growing startups. He has a proven track record of leading digital strategies to engage with the customer, particularly in the mobile space."

Greg was recently Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer at E*Trade, where he managed all technology and operations for the organization globally. Prior to E*Trade he held the role of COO of Equity Technology at Deutsche Bank (where he had a global mandate across New York, London and Hong Kong),  and earlier in his career was a Principal in Morgan Stanley's technology practice as well as a Client Executive in IBM's Wall Street practice.

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