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Warren Thomson
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Manulife Financial Corporation (MFC)
Chairman of Manulife Asset Management

Warren Thomson is the Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Manulife Financial Corporation (MFC) and Chairman of Manulife Asset Management, MFC’s external client, asset management business. Mr. Thomson is also a member of Manulife Financial's Executive and Management Committees.

MFC's world-wide investment operations manage on behalf of the Company's general fund and external clients, assets in excess of $325 billion*. 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.

Prior to becoming Chief Investment Officer in 2009, Mr. Thomson was responsible for managing Manulife Asset Management. In addition to being responsible for Manulife Asset Management'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.

Previously, Mr. Thomson was responsible for overseeing the management of all U.S. fixed income portfolios, including public bonds, private debt and mortgages for John Hancock.

Mr. Thomson rejoined Manulife as Senior Vice President, Investments in 2001 after serving as President of Norfolk Capital Partners Inc., a boutique investment bank that structured and arranged tax effective financings for high net worth individuals and corporations. He previously worked for Manulife between 1987 and 1994 as Taxation Vice President.

Mr. Thomson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto and has his Chartered Accountant designation from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario.

*as at September 30, 2010