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Sun Life has appointed Niall Grady as chief risk officer for Asia, effective September 16.
Grady will support the acceleration of the insurer’s strategy and growth aspirations in the region through active risk management and coordinated risk initiatives. He will play a key role in effective governance and ensuring synergies in the firm’s operations across the region.
He has more than two decades of leadership experience in enterprise, operational and investment risk management and compliance across banking, financial services, asset management and insurance.
He joins Sun Life from FWD Group where he served as chief compliance and investment risk officer, and chief compliance and operational risk officer.
Grady holds a bachelor of arts degree from Portsmouth University and an honours in bachelor of science degree in financial services from the University of Manchester.