Manulife Financial Corporation announced it has appointed Pamela Kimmet as Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Kimmet will oversee the Company's Human Resources function and provide leadership to the people and culture elements of the Company's transformation. The Company also announced that Warren Thomson has made the decision to retire as Manulife's Chief Investment Officer and Chairman of Global Wealth and Asset Management. Ms. Kimmet's appointment is effective October 1, 2018, and she will report directly to Manulife President and Chief Executive Officer Roy Gori. Ms. Kimmet is a Human Resources leader who most recently served as the Chief Human Resources Officer of Cardinal Health. Ms. Kimmet has also served as a member of Manulife's Board of Directors since March 2016. She resigned from that role effective September 4, 2018. She previously led the HR function at a number of global organizations, including Coca-Cola Enterprises, Bear, Stearns & Co. and Lucent Technologies, and held strategic HR roles at Citigroup and General Motors. She also serves on the advisory boards for Cornell University'sCenter for Advanced Human Resources Studies, and the University of South Carolina's Center for Executive Succession. Paul Lorentz, who currently reports to Mr. Thomson with responsibility for Manulife's Global Wealth and Asset Management business, has been promoted to the role of President and Chief Executive Officer, Global Wealth and Asset Management effective March 1, 2019, and will report directly to Mr. Gori. Mr. Lorentz, who was appointed to his current role in October 2017, joined Manulife in 1993 and has delivered results in a variety of Wealth and Asset Management roles. Scott Hartz has been promoted to the role of Chief Investment Officer effective March 1, 2019, and will also report directly to Mr. Gori. Mr. Hartz currently serves as Head of General Account Investments for Manulife, overseeing all U.S., Canadian and Asian general account investments, and has performed with excellence in this role. Mr. Hartz is also the Chief Investment Officer for John Hancock Life Insurance Company.