Mary De Paoli has been appointed to the position of senior vice-president and chief marketing officer for Sun Life Financial’s global operations.

She has been with the company since 1999 and has led the group retirement services division as senior vice-president since 2003.

Concurrent with this announcement, Claude Accum will be the new senior vice-president of group retirement services for Sun Life Financial Canada.

He joined the firm 24 years ago and held several leadership roles in Canada, within Sun Life’s corporate office, and the United States.

Most recently, Accum was the president of Retirement Services Inc.(RSI), the company’s defined contribution pension business in the U.S.

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