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Pacific Life Insurance Co. LLC of Newport Beach, Calif., has made changes to the management team of its annuities and mutual funds division.

Pacific Life Insurance Co. LLC of Newport Beach, Calif., has made changes to the management team of its annuities and mutual funds division.

The firm has promoted Chris van Mierlo, 49, to chief marketing officer and senior vice president of sales; John White, 47, to vice president of sales, a newly created position; and Christine Tucker, 45, to vice president of marketing.

Mr. van Mierlo will provide oversight, strategic direction and leadership to the sales and marketing departments.

He joined Pacific Life in 1995 as an assistant vice president and na-tional sales manager in the life insurance division’s variable-products area. Mr. van Mierlo was promoted to vice president for national accounts in the annuities and mutual funds division in 2000, with responsibility for managing all aspects of new and existing relationships across the division’s distribution channels and regional lines.

Mr. White will manage all aspects of new and existing relationships across the division’s distribution channels and regional lines.

He joined Pacific Life in 1994 as a marketing services representative in the annuities division. In 2006, Mr. White was named vice president of internal wholesaling.

Ms. Tucker will be responsible for the development and execution of the division’s product and marketing strategy. She came to Pacific Life this year as assistant vice president of marketing communications.

Northern Trust Corp. of Chicago has hired Dan Houlihan, 42, as global head of products and strategy for the investment- operations-outsourcing business.

He will be responsible for driving the continued growth and development of Northern Trust’s services for global investment managers.

Previously, Mr. Houlihan served as president and advised investment managers and service providers on post-execution outsourcing at Citisoft North America of Boston.

Separately, Northern Trust’s board has promoted six employees to executive vice presidents. Each will retain his or her previous title, and there are no additional duties associated with the promotion.

The six executives are Peter Cherecwich, 44, chief operating officer and head of institutional strategy and product development in corporate and institutional services; Jennifer Driscoll, 45, director of service and delivery of global fund services in corporate and institutional services; Peter Gloyne, 52, global head of foreign exchange in corporate and institutional services; Kelly Mannard, 40, global-practice executive for marketing in communications and community affairs; James Rauh, 59, head of sales, marketing and advisory services in personal financial services; and John Skjervem, 47, chief investment officer in personal financial services.

Broadpoint Capital Inc., a broker-dealer subsidiary of Broadpoint Securities Group Inc. of New York, has hired Doug Colandrea, 43, as a managing director in the debt capital markets division, with responsibility for research in the telecommunications, cable, media and entertainment sectors.

Previously, he was a managing director in the portfolio strategies group with the financial-analytics and structured-transaction department at JPMorgan Chase & Co. of New York.

UMB Financial Corp. of Kansas City, Mo., has promoted Dennis Triplett, 62, to chief executive of UMB Healthcare Services.

He will be responsible for guiding all facets of that unit, including defining strategy, product development, operations and customer service.

Mr. Triplett has been with the company for 25 years and has served in a variety of roles, most recently as president of UMB Healthcare Services.

Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP of New York has promoted Kevin B. Moss, 47, to leader of its national advisory services practice, from regional managing principal for the Southeast region.

He will oversee the activities of corporate finance, business valuation, tangible-asset valuation, real estate consulting, capital projects consulting and reorganization services.

Stephens Inc., a full-service investment-banking and brokerage firm headquartered in Little Rock, Ark., has hired Kenneth A. Wasik, 45, as a managing director in corporate finance.

He will work as a senior banker focused on the consumer sector and will be responsible for originating underwriting, and the mergers and acquisitions advisory business.

Previously, Mr. Wasik was a managing director with New York-based Jefferies & Co. Inc., where he headed up the consumer products team.