Sun Life Financial has announced that, effective today, Randolph Brown has been appointed as chief investment officer. He’ll oversee the investment operations of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada and its general account.

Brown has three decades of investment management experience. Since 2007, he has held senior roles at institutions such as Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management and BlackRock. At Sun Life, he’ll take over some of the responsibilities of Steve Peacher, who will now focus solely on his role as president of Sun Life Investment Management