Prior to this appointment, Phil Witherington was the President & Chief Executive Officer, Manulife Asia and has been a member of Manulife’s Executive Leadership Team since 2018. Prior to that, Phil served five years as Chief Financial Officer at Manulife beginning in 2018. He was responsible for managing Manulife’s global financial affairs and successfully led the implementation of IFRS 17 and IFRS 9. Phil joined Manulife in 2014 as Chief Financial Officer of Manulife Asia and served as its Interim President & Chief Executive Officer in 2017.Phil has more than 25 years of experience in insurance and financial services, globally and in developed and emerging markets within Asia. Prior to joining Manulife, Phil led finance in Asia Pacific for the Retail Banking and Wealth Management business at HSBC and earlier served as the Deputy Regional Chief Financial Officer for its Asian insurance businesses.
Personal Details
Title: Mr
Surname: Witherington
Known as: Phil
M/F: Male
Nationality: Canada
Country of Birth: Canada
Language: English
Qualification: MBA
Industry:
Qualifications & Experience
Industry Experience +5yrs:
Industry Qualification +5yrs?:
Finance experience +5yrs?:
Finance Qualification +5yrs:
Legal experience +5yrs?:
Delinquent director?:
Other Experiences?:
Collapsed company director?:
Other directorships (state)
(only entities turnover at least $5m p/a)
Working history
Committee/s
Company
Committee
Role
Appointment Date
Resignation Date
Manulife
Board
Member
01/01/2025
Independence Questions
Any family members working for the company?:
Are you doing business with the company?:
Do you hold shares in the company for more than 0.10%? (directly or by representation):
Is your Director annual fee more than 5% of your total income from all sources?:
Are you more than 10 years as a director?:
Are you an executive chairperson?:
InsidEntity has assumed that responses to the Independent Questions are NO as the company has not populated the information. The result will present the Director as Independent.