Roy Gori

Roy Gori became president and CEO of Manulife Financial in 2017, leading Canada's largest life insurance and financial services company. Manulife operates three geographic segments: Asia (the company's primary growth engine, covering Hong Kong, Japan, mainland China, Vietnam, Singapore, and other ASEAN markets), Canada, and the US (where it operates as John Hancock). The company also manages Manulife Investment Management, one of the largest global asset managers. Gori has executed a strategic pivot toward Asia, where the combination of rising wealth, low insurance penetration, and growing demand for retirement savings products creates structural growth opportunities that mature North American markets cannot match. Manulife's Asian new business value has grown significantly under Gori's leadership, and the company has invested in digital distribution, bancassurance partnerships, and health ecosystem services to capture this opportunity. Gori's execution on Asian new business growth, Global Wealth and Asset Management expansion, and the overall improvement in ROE (return on equity) are the primary drivers of the stock.