The Global Hedging - Variable and Indexed-Linked Products (GHVILP) team is part of Global Asset Liability Management within the General Account Investments. The team is responsible for establishing and managing global hedging programs at Manulife Financial. The program currently manages both the company’s balance sheet equity risk through the Macro program and the market risks associated with variable annuity (VA) and indexed universal life (IUL) products.

There are two sub-teams within GHVILP: Strategy and Actuarial Modeling. This position is within the Strategy team. The Strategy team is responsible for proposing hedging assets and is headed by the AVP, GHVILP Strategy. The Strategy team’s primary responsibility is to identify our risk exposures and design robust hedging strategies to mitigate market risks. The Strategy team is also responsible for the monitoring and high-level reporting on the performance of all aspects of the hedging programs within GHVILP’s mandate.