Stephen Bernard Roder

Biography

Mr. Stephen Bernard Roder, also known as Steve, serves as a Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Inc. Mr. Roder has been the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Executive Vice President at Manulife Financial Corporation since June 1, 2012. His responsibilities includes management and oversight of the Manulife Financial global financial affairs, including Actuarial and Capital Management, Treasury, Controllership, Taxation, Financial Regulation, Investor Relations and Reinsurance activities. From 2007 to 2010, Mr. Roder served as Chief Financial Officer for AIA Group Ltd. At AIA, he gained valuable experience developing positive relationships with regulators, investors, rating-agencies and other key stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions. He also modernized the finance function by driving finance transformation, achieving major improvements in process and control and building the tax, investor relations and business analysis functions. Mr. Roder headed KPMG's financial services practice in Asia.

Research Interest

He was a Partner of KPMG 16 years, where he worked in London, Hong Kong and Japan advising Chief Executive Officers, Chief Financial Officers and boards of directors of some of the world's largest financial institutions. He served as Chairman of the Expert Panel on Insurance of the Hong Kong Institute of CPAs. He served as President of the Royal Society of St. George, Tokyo,. He served as Chairman of the British School in Tokyo. He served as an Executive Director of AIA Group Limited until April 22, 2010. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (FCA) and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CPA). Mr. Roder has a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Southampton, U.K.