Manulife Financial has appointed Warren A. Thomson as chief investment officer.
Manulife Financial has appointed Warren A. Thomson as chief investment officer.
Thomson (pictured) oversees the worldwide investment operations managed on behalf of the company’s general fund and external clients, with total assets in excess of CAD286bn. Assets under management include fixed income and equity securities and alternative assets such as real estate, timber land, agricultural land, and oil and gas properties.
Thomson, 54, succeeds Donald A. Guloien who on 7 May became president and chief executive officer of Manulife Financial.
Thomson, a senior executive vice president, was also named to succeed Guloien as chairman of MFC Global Investment Management, the company’s external client asset management business. Thomson is also a member of the company’s executive and management committees.
Before taking on his current role, Thomson was vice chairman of MFC Global Investment Management. In addition to being responsible for MFC GIM’s fixed income and equity security management subsidiaries, he also had oversight of Manulife Real Estate, Declaration Management & Research, Hancock Timber Resource Group, Hancock Agricultural Investment Group, and NAL Resources. Prior to that, Thomson was responsible for overseeing the management of all US fixed income portfolios, including public bonds, private debt and mortgages for John Hancock.
Thomson worked for Manulife between 1987 and 1994 in corporate tax, and returned in 2001 to the investment division as senior vice president.
