WELLESLEY, Mass., May 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing to
focus on talent development and employee engagement, Sun Life U.S.
announced today that Tammi Wortham
has been appointed vice president of Human Resources (HR).
Most recently, Wortham was vice president of Group Benefits
Client Services at Sun Life, leading the largest unit in the U.S.
business with a team of more than 700 people. In that capacity, she
introduced strategies to enhance the delivery of an integrated,
seamless client experience, including the launch of a robotics
center of excellence.
"Tammi brings so much energy and forward thinking to Sun Life.
People gravitate to her as a strong and innovative business leader,
and I'm excited for her to be heading our HR function," said
Dan Fishbein, M.D., president of Sun
Life U.S. "Tammi's people skills and dynamic leadership style
combined with her exceptional business acumen make her the ideal
choice to take our employee engagement, talent and diversity
initiatives to the next level."
In her prior role, Wortham also fostered initiatives to
encourage employees to share and build upon their successes in
helping Sun Life's members and employer clients. She initiated a
number of activities designed to further engage employees in Sun
Life's client-centric culture, and spearheaded a program that
allows developing talent to gain experience and exposure to more
aspects of the business.
"I am thrilled to be joining a talented team of HR professionals
who strive every day to make Sun Life a strong partner to its
employees as well as our employer and member clients across the
country," said Wortham. "Joining HR gives me a new path to continue
the great work we do in developing our people and embracing efforts
that allow people to bring their best selves to work every day by
actively encouraging inclusion in the workplace."
Named one of the Boston Globe's 2018 Top Places to Work in
Massachusetts and Best Place to
Work for LGBTQ equality for 11 consecutive years by the Human
Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index, Sun Life supports a
number of employee inclusion networks and public initiatives that
Wortham will oversee, such as closing the gender pay gap and LGBTQ
workplace equality.
Wortham is a sponsor of Sun Life's Black Excellence Alliance
inclusion network and co-chair of the United Way of Massachusetts
Bay Women's Leadership Breakfast, sponsored by Sun Life. Before
coming to Sun Life, Wortham held senior positions at Prudential
overseeing customer service operations in group insurance and
retirement services, and led annuities operations at The Hartford
Financial Services Group. She holds a master's degree in
organizational psychology from the University
of Hartford and a bachelor's degree in biology from the
University of Missouri – Columbia. Wortham sits on the finance
committee for the Women's Fund of Western
Massachusetts and is licensed by FINRA.
About Sun Life
Sun Life is a leading international
financial services organization providing insurance, wealth and
asset management solutions to individual and corporate Clients. Sun
Life has operations in a number of markets worldwide, including
Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong
Kong, the Philippines,
Japan, Indonesia, India, China,
Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bermuda. As of March
31, 2019, Sun Life had total assets under management of
C$1,011 billion. For more
information, please visit www.sunlife.com.
Sun Life Financial Inc. trades on the Toronto (TSX), New
York (NYSE) and Philippine (PSE) stock exchanges under the
ticker symbol SLF.
In the United States, Sun Life
Financial is one of the largest group benefits providers, serving
more than 60,000 employers in small, medium and large workplaces
across the country. Sun Life's broad portfolio of insurance
products and services in the U.S. includes disability, absence
management, life, dental, vision, voluntary and medical stop-loss.
Sun Life employs approximately 6,000 people in its U.S insurance
and asset management businesses. Group insurance policies are
issued by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (Wellesley
Hills, Mass.), except in New
York, where policies are issued by Sun Life and Health
Insurance Company (U.S.) (Lansing,
Mich.). For more information, please visit
www.sunlife.com/us.
Media contact:
Devon
Fernald
Sun Life U.S.
781-416-7151
Devon.Portney.Fernald@sunlife.com
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