TORONTO, Dec. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ - Sun Life Financial
Inc. (TSX: SLF) (NYSE: SLF) is pleased to announce that
Stephanie Coyles and Greig Woodring have been appointed to the Board
of Directors effective January 1,
2017.
Mrs. Coyles is a strategic consultant and advisor working with a
diverse clientele across North
America, including retail, consumer distribution, private
equity and business consulting organizations. She was previously
Chief Strategic Officer at LoyaltyOne Co. and a principal at
McKinsey & Company Canada. Mrs. Coyles serves on the Board of
food retailer Metro Inc. and is a member of the Metro Audit
Committee.
Mrs. Coyles holds a Master in Public Policy degree from the
Kennedy School of Government at Harvard
University and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the
Queen's University School of Business.
Mr. Woodring has four decades of U.S. and international
insurance industry experience. He is Chief Executive Officer of
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA), one of the
world's leading life reinsurers. He started his career at
United Insurance Company in Chicago and then joined General American Life
Insurance Company (now GenAmerica Financial L.L.C.) in 1979, rising
to Executive Vice-President of its reinsurance businesses.
GenAmerica's reinsurance division led to the formation of RGA, with
Mr. Woodring leading its initial public offering in 1993 and
becoming its first Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Woodring holds a Master of Science in Mathematics from the
University of Illinois and a Masters of
Business Administration from Washington
University in St. Louis. He
holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Michigan. Mr. Woodring is a Fellow of
the Society of Actuaries and a Member of the American Academy of
Actuaries.
As members of the Board of Directors, Mrs. Coyles will serve on
the Governance, Nomination & Investment Committee and the Audit
& Conduct Review Committee and Mr. Woodring will serve on the
Risk Review Committee and Management Resources Committee.
About Sun Life Financial
Sun Life Financial is a
leading international financial services organization providing a
diverse range of protection and wealth products and services to
individuals and corporate customers. Sun Life Financial and its
partners have operations in a number of markets worldwide,
including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong
Kong, the Philippines,
Japan, Indonesia, India, China,
Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bermuda. As of September 30, 2016, the Sun Life Financial group
of companies had total assets under management of $908 billion. For more information please visit
www.sunlife.com.
Sun Life Financial Inc. trades on the Toronto (TSX), New
York (NYSE) and Philippine (PSE) stock exchanges under the
ticker symbol SLF.
Note to Editors: All figures in Canadian dollars except as
otherwise noted.
Media Relations Contact:
Gannon Loftus
Manager, Media & PR
Corporate
Communications
T.
416-979-6345
gannon.loftus@sunlife.com
SOURCE Sun Life Financial Inc.