Sun Life Financial Inc. announced the appointment of Brennan Kennedy as Senior Vice-President and Chief Actuary, effective October 4, 2025. Brennan is currently Sun Life's Senior Vice-President of Global Asset Liability Management. In his new role, Brennan will provide leadership, direction and vision for the actuarial functions across the organization with a focus on talent development, leading-edge technology solutions, innovations and thought leadership in support of Sun Life's strategic imperatives and Client Impact Strategy. He will partner closely with business groups and corporate functions to apply actuarial best practices to valuation, reporting, product development and pricing activities to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
Brennan is a seasoned leader with more than 26 years of deep experience and expertise at the organization. He has held progressively senior roles across the business in Actuarial, Risk Management, Finance and Asset Liability Management functions since joining in 1998. Brennan holds a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and the Society of Actuaries. Brennan succeeds Kevin Morrissey, Senior Vice-President and Chief Actuary, who will retire after an illustrious 37-year career with Sun Life on October 3, 2025.
Over the next few months, Kevin will support Brennan in his onboarding to the Chief Actuary role until his retirement. Kevin began his career with Mutual Life of Canada in 1988, which eventually became Clarica, which was later acquired by Sun Life in 2002. Throughout his tenure, Kevin progressed through various leadership roles across Finance, Risk Management and Actuarial. He has served in his current role of Senior Vice-President and Chief Actuary since 2016.
