Manulife Hong Kong names new CEO

The new chief was the former CEO of Cigna.

Manulife has appointed Patrick Graham as its new CEO for Manulife Hong Kong and Macau, overseeing Manulife’s business across these two markets. He also becomes a member of Manulife’s Asia Division Executive Committee and Global Leadership Team.

Graham brings with him more than 25 years of leadership experience in the insurance and financial services industry. He joins Manulife from Cigna where he covered a number of major markets in various senior leadership positions over a decade with his last position as CEO of Asia Pacific. Before Cigna, he spent 14 years in various senior executive roles at GE Capital. He also served as Director and Treasurer of the US-ASEAN Business Council for almost three years.

“I am excited to join Manulife’s winning team and honoured to steer the business of such a trusted, leading, and forward-looking life insurer in Hong Kong and Macau. I share the company’s ambitions in improving the health, wellness, and financial future of people, and strive to sustain our position as the number 1 pan-Asian insurer in Hong Kong,” Graham said.