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Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Human Resources  Diane Bean currently holds the position of Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Human Resources at Manulife Financial. She is a member of Manulife’s Executive Committee and Management Committee and sits on the Board of its Asian holding company.Ms. Bean graduated in 1969 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto. She began her career with Systems Dimensions Ltd. (SDL) as Project Manager in the Education Consulting Division. In 1975, she joined Manulife Financial in the Corporate office where she held positions in planning, public affairs, government relations, media relations and policyholder relations. From 1983 to 1985, Ms. Bean was Marketing Vice President for Canada. In 1985 she was appointed Vice President and General Manager of U.S. Operations, and became Senior Vice President and General Manager, U.S. and Caribbean Division in 1988, responsible for the Employee Benefit and Individual Insurance Business in the United States and the Caribbean, in addition to Corporate Information Technology. In 1992, Ms. Bean became Senior Vice President and General Manager, International Operations, which included Manulife’s Insurance businesses outside North America as well as Reinsurance worldwide. International operations were concentrated in the U.K. and Asia and included wholly owned operations and joint ventures in Hong Kong, China, Philippines, Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore. She co-chairs the Toronto Regional Immigration Employment Council, sits on the Human Resources Advisory Board of the Canadian Life and Health Industry Association and is a member of the Board of Governors for the Canada School of Public Service. In 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, Ms. Bean was named as one of the 100 most influential women in Canada. She currently serves on the Boards of the Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall. She was a member of the 2007 United Way (Toronto) Cabinet and has also served on the Boards of a number of other organizations and campaigns, including Ryerson University, Bowmanville Hospital, Canadian Special Olympics Foundation, the Ontario Special Olympics, the Canadian Stage Company, the American Chamber of Commerce’s Women in International Trade, and the Council of Regents for Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (Ontario). Ms. Bean divides her time between Toronto and Jamaica. In the Caribbean she chaired several local insurance companies and is currently on the Board of ICWI Group Ltd., a private, general insurance holding company. |
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