Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> January 15, 2001

C. James Prieur – Sun Life Financial (slc)

C. JAMES PRIEUR graduated from College Militaire Royal de St. Jean and earned his MBA from the University of Western Ontario in 1975. He earned his Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1981. Mr. Prieur joined Sun Life in 1979 in the Private Placement section of the Investment Department in Montreal and subsequently worked as an Equity Analyst before becoming a Portfolio Manager of bonds, and then of equities. In 1985, Mr. Prieur became head of the Canadian Private Placement section and in 1988 was appointed Vice-President, Securities Investments for Canada. In 1991, Mr. Prieur was appointed Vice-President, Investments in the Sun Life Corporate office in Toronto. He transferred to the US operations in September 1992 as Vice-President, Investments. His appointments to Senior Vice-President and General Manager for the United States Operation followed in 1997. In April 1999, Mr. Prieur was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Prieur has overall responsibility for the Company's activities in Canada, the United States and Asia. Mr. Prieur is also affiliated with the Newton Wellesley Hospital on their Board of Overseers, as well as Handel & Hayden Society on their Board of Governors and Finance Committee. In November 1999, Mr. Prieur became a Director of the Canadian Opera Company. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with a brief overview of Sun Life Financial

Services of Canada Inc.?

Mr. Prieur: Sun Life Financial is an international financial services

company with an emphasis on