Sun Life Financial has announced that Ms Riza Mantaring, Sun Life's CEO and Country Head in the Philippines will retire from her current role on June 30, 2018 after a distinguished career of 26 years - including 9 years as CEO - with unprecedented growth in the Philippines. Under her leadership, Sun Life became the number one life insurance company in the Philippines for the first time in the company's history and has held that market position for the past 7 years. Mr Benedict Sison, currently Chief Strategy and Financial Management Officer for Sun Life Philippines, will succeed Ms Mantaring to continue Sun Life's plans to grow in the Philippines as part of a larger growth strategy for Asia.