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Simon Curtis
Executive Vice President and Chief Actuary

Simon Curtis holds the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Actuary. He is responsible for oversight of the company’s actuarial functions including actuarial reserving, source of earnings analysis, embedded value and other external actuarial disclosure, as well as other statutory accountabilities of the Appointed Actuary including policyholder dividends and dynamic capital adequacy testing.  Simon is also responsible for overseeing worldwide regulatory capital reporting and management, including certification of the company’s consolidated regulatory capital filings.

Simon has been with Manulife for 26 years and has worked in numerous roles included lead accountability on all actuarial aspects of Manulife’s demutualization, as well as playing a leading role in financially overseeing Manulife’s entry into Japan. In November 2002 he was appointed Vice President and Deputy Appointed Actuary of the Corporate Actuarial division. He was named Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary in March 2003, and was appointed to his current position in April 2004, upon completion of the merger with John Hancock.

Simon holds a degree from the University of Toronto in statistics and actuarial science. He is a qualified actuary, having achieved fellowship in the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and the Society of Actuaries in 1985. He is also a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

Simon is the Chairperson of the Committee on the Role of the Appointed Actuary of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.   He is also Chairperson of the Solvency Committee of the Canadian Life & Health Insurance Association, and Co-Chair of the Advisory Group to OSFI (the Federal Insurance Canadian Regulator) on Risk Based Capital.  He has served on numerous other task forces and committees, and is a past member of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.