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Sun Life names Tom Murphy new Chief Risk Officer
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Sun Life names Tom Murphy new Chief Risk Officer\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n TORONTO\n \n \n ,\n \n \n Nov. 14, 2022\n \n \n /CNW/ - Sun Life is pleased to announce the appointment of\n \n Tom Murphy\n \n as Executive Vice-President and Chief Risk Officer, effective\n \n December 1, 2022\n \n . Tom is currently President of Fixed Income and Head of Institutional Business for SLC Management, Sun Life's alternatives asset manager.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In his new role, Tom will lead all aspects of risk management across Sun Life globally, including Financial, Insurance, Credit, Operational and Enterprise Risk.  He will also have oversight responsibility for our global Actuarial and Asset Liability Management (ALM) functions.\n \n \n Tom brings more than 25 years of global asset management experience to Sun Life. He joined SLC Management in 2018 as Head of Affiliate Development and Business Strategy. Prior to that, he was a Senior Partner with Mercer for 20 years where he built and led the company's investment management businesses in\n \n Europe\n \n and also led Mercer's North American Investments and Actuarial businesses.\n \n \n \"We're excited to have Tom join Sun Life's Executive Team as our Chief Risk Officer. Tom's global depth of knowledge and experience, particularly in asset management and the pension space, will be a tremendous asset to his new role,\" said\n \n Kevin Strain\n \n , President and CEO of Sun Life. \"Sun Life's approach to prudent risk management has always been a pillar of our success and having Tom leading and taking a fresh look at these efforts will serve our company well.\"\n \n \n A native of\n \n Dublin, Ireland\n \n , Tom holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Statistics from University College Dublin and has a Master of Business Administration from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business in\n \n Dublin\n \n . He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in\n \n Ireland\n \n . Tom is also a member of the\n \n Massachusetts\n \n Board and Ch...