John Hancock, a Boston unit of Manulife Financial Corp., said Monday that it had appointed Mary M. Refior a vice president and national accounts manager for its bank channel.
Ms. Refior, with 18 years' experience in bank investment sales programs, was a first vice president and regional sales manager in Hancock's Midwest region. In her new role, she will try to establish bank relationships or deepen relationships with existing bank key accounts that offer Hancock's wealth management products, including variable and fixed annuities, mutual funds, 529 plans, and pension products.
She has worked for the company since 1999, when Hancock bought Essex Corp. to expand its bank distribution. She worked the previous four years in Essex's Midwest unit.
