Andrew Grant Arnott — - at Manulife Financial Corp

Mr. Andrew Grant Arnott serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer at John Hancock Investments. He is the President and Chief Executive Officer since 2012. Mr. Arnott leads all aspects of the firm's business, including sales, marketing, finance, product, operations and technology. Previously, he served as the Chief Operating Officer at the firm. Mr. Arnott was responsible for leading core business support functions in this role, including investments, sales, marketing, finance, product development, technology, transfer agency operations, controllers and strategic planning. He was a Senior Vice President of Product Management and Development at the firm from 2006 to 2009. In this role, Mr. Arnott led acquisitions, adoptions and strategic asset management partnerships for both retail and institutional product lines. Mr. Arnott was also the firm's Director of Marketing and Product Management and Development from 2005 to 2006. Mr. Arnott was responsible for the firm's fixed and variable annuities products during this time. He also served as a Second Vice President at the firm from 2004 till 2005. Mr. Arnott is the President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of John Hancock Advisers, LLC. He had previously served as an Executive Vice President at the firm since 2005. Mr. Arnott was also a Vice President at the firm from 2005 to 2007. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC. Mr. Arnott had earlier served as the firm's Chief Investment Officer since 2009, Senior Vice President from 2008 to 2009 and Vice President from 2006 to 2008. He served as an Executive Vice President at the firm since 2006, whereby Mr. Arnott was responsible for all third-party and internal asset manager relationships across the John Hancock and Manulife Investment platforms in the United States and Asia. He had been a Senior Vice President at John Hancock Financial Services since 2009. Mr. Arnott had also served as the Chief Executive Officer and President at John Hancock Funds LLC since 2012. He had been a Senior Vice President at Manulife Financial Corporation since September 2009. Mr. Arnott has also served as the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President at The Berkeley Group. He had joined the firm in 2009. Mr. Arnott serves as a Director of Manulife Asset Management (US) LLC, the Board of Directors for The Boston Foundation, the Board of Overseers for the Boys & Girls Club of Boston, the Board of the Mt. Mansfield Winter Academy and the ICI Board of Governors. Mr. Arnott began his John Hancock career in 1993. Mr. Arnott holds FINRA Series 6, 7, 24 and 63 licenses. Mr. Arnott brings a wealth of organizational and industry expertise, including several years of experience in the asset management industry. He earned an M.S. in Finance from Northeastern University in 2000 and a B.S. in Business Administration from Boston University in 1993.