New role to expand distribution platform and drive sales in Asia

HONG KONG - Manulife Asset Management announced today the appointment of Bruno Lee to the position of Head of Partnership, Product and Platform Development, Wealth and Asset Management, Asia. The appointment is part of the ongoing integration of the company's Asia wealth and asset management teams and helps to strengthen its foothold in the region.

Mr. Lee's appointment is effective 1 September 2015. Based in Hong Kong, he will report to Michael Dommermuth, Head of Wealth and Asset Management, Asia for Manulife Asset Management.

Mr. Dommermuth welcomed Mr. Lee to Manulife Asset Management: "Since the start of the year, we've been working to bring our wealth and asset management businesses together in the region, combining institutional investment management with retail distribution. We are very pleased to welcome an industry veteran like Bruno to the team and believe he will play a key role in strengthening our distribution platform and helping to drive the overall growth of our business in Asia."

Mr. Dommermuth added: "With operations in 10 regional markets, Manulife Asset Management has a virtually unmatched wealth and asset management footprint across Asia. Bruno's thorough understanding of key markets will help create an even stronger platform to bring much needed and relevant investment solutions to more clients and distributors. He has a proven track record in creating and implementing successful retail and wholesale distribution capabilities. This, coupled with his leadership and management skills, will be instrumental in driving our growth strategy in Asia."

In what is a newly created role, Mr. Lee will focus on expanding intermediary channels, securing new partners, developing wholesaling capabilities and delivering a product suite to meet the needs of customers across all channels in Asia. In addition, Bruno will be responsible for the Asia Investment Management Services (IMS) team, which includes manager selection, performance monitoring and review of all managers across Asia platforms.

Mr. Lee joins Manulife Asset Management from Fidelity Worldwide Investment where he was Regional Head of Retail, Asia ex-Japan. Prior to that, he was Regional Head of Wealth Management, Asia Pacific, Retail Banking and Wealth Management at HSBC in Hong Kong. Mr. Lee also held senior roles with Invesco and Fidelity Worldwide Investment in Taiwan and Hong Kong after beginning his career with HSBC in Hong Kong.

Mr. Lee is a member of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission's Product Advisory Committee and of the interim steering committee for the Hong Kong Strategy for Financial Literacy, Investor Education Centre. He has also been an executive committee member and Chairman of the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association for 2014/2015.

About Manulife Asset Management
Manulife Asset Management is the global asset management arm of Manulife, providing comprehensive asset management solutions for investors. This investment expertise extends across a broad range of public and private asset classes, as well as asset allocation solutions. As at 30 June 2015, assets under management for Manulife Asset Management were approximately US$302 billion. Manulife Asset Management's public markets units have investment expertise across a broad range of asset classes including public equity and fixed income, and asset allocation strategies. Offices with full investment capabilities are located in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines. In addition, Manulife Asset Management has a joint venture asset management business in China, Manulife TEDA. The public markets units of Manulife Asset Management also provide investment management services to affiliates' retail clients through product offerings of Manulife and John Hancock. John Hancock Asset Management and Declaration Management and Research are units of Manulife Asset Management. Additional information about Manulife Asset Management may be found at ManulifeAM.com.

About Manulife
Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group providing forward-thinking solutions to help people with their big financial decisions. We operate as John Hancock in the United States, and Manulife elsewhere. We provide financial advice, insurance and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. At the end of 2014, we had 28,000 employees, 58,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving 20 million customers. At the end of June 2015, we had C$883 billion (US$708 billion) in assets under management and administration, and in the previous 12 months we made more than C$22 billion in benefits, interest and other payments to our customers. Our principal operations are in Asia, Canada and the United States where we have served customers for more than 100 years. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we trade as 'MFC' on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges and under '945' in Hong Kong.www.manulife.com or www.johnhancock.com.

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