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Antonella Deo

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Antonella Deo

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Antonella Deo is currently Vice President and Corporate Secretary of Manulife Financial Corporation and The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (“Manulife”).

Antonella joined Manulife on September 3, 2013 as Vice President & Chief Counsel, Corporate Secretarial and was appointed as Corporate Secretary of Manulife on May 1, 2014.  In her role, Antonella is responsible for providing legal oversight and effective management of the corporate secretarial function at Manulife and provides advice and guidance on governance matters to the board of directors and senior management.  She is also responsible for the shareholder services, insurance risk management and subsidiary governance functions at Manulife.

Prior to joining Manulife, Antonella was Senior Counsel at RBC Financial Group from 2001-2004 and moved to be the Head of the Subsidiary Governance Office at RBC Financial Group from 2004 to July 2013.  Before that, Antonella was a senior corporate securities associate at Torys LLP.

Antonella holds an LLB from Queen’s University and a BA (Hons) from the University of Toronto. She was called to the bar in the Province of Ontario and is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada.