March 25 (Reuters) - Canadian life insurer Sun Life

Financial ( SLF ) on Monday named Timothy Deacon as its chief

financial officer, effective April 8.

Deacon, a veteran of more than two decades in the asset

management and insurance space, will succeed Manjit Singh, who

was named as the president of the company's Asia business last

year.

Deacon joins Sun Life from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

where he served as CFO.