Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 3, 2001

Raymond Mcfeetors – The Great-west Life Assurance Company (gwo.to)

RAYMOND MCFEETORS is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Great- West Life Assurance Company. He joined Great-West Life as a trainee in the Group Division in 1968. He was appointed Bond Investment Officer in 1978; Vice President, Bond and Private Placement Investments in 1984 and Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer in 1991. Mr. McFeetors has also been President and Chief Executive Officer, London Life, since 1997 and Co-President and Chief Executive Officer, Great-West Lifeco Inc. since 2000. Great-West Life and London Life are members of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies. Mr. McFeetors received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Winnipeg in 1968. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a brief overview of the history and evolution of

the company?

Mr. McFeetors: Great-West Life was founded in Winnipeg in 1891. It began

operating in the US in 1906 and