Thomas R Watjen

Mr. Watjen has been the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer since March 2003. He served as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer from May 2002 until March 2003. He became Executive Vice President, Finance in June 1999 and assumed additional Risk Management responsibilities in November 1999. He has been a director since 2002, and his term expires in 2008. Below are the seven directors whose terms are continuing through 2009 and 2010. Thomas R. Watjen Tom Watjen is president and chief executive officer of Unum (NYSE:UNM), a Fortune 250 company and a leading provider of employee benefits in the U.S and U.K. The company markets its products under the Unum and Colonial Life brands, with a commitment to providing employers and their employees with flexible benefit choices and unsurpassed service. Watjen joined Provident, a Unum predecessor, in 1994 as executive vice president and chief financial officer and was later named vice chairman and director of Provident Companies, Inc. Following the company's merger with UNUM in 1999, he became executive vice president of finance and risk management for UnumProvident Corp. In 2002, Watjen was promoted to vice chairman and chief operating officer of the merged company and elected to its board of directors. In 2003, he was named president and chief executive officer of UnumProvident, whose name was changed to Unum in 2007. Prior to joining the company, Watjen was a managing director at the investment banking firm of Morgan Stanley and Co. He also was a partner with Conning & Co. and worked in corporate finance and investments for Aetna Life and Casualty. Watjen serves on the board of directors of SunTrust Banks, Inc. and The American Council of Life Insurers. He is also a member of The Financial Services Roundtable and a former board member of America's Health Insurance Plans. Watjen received a bachelor's degree in economics from Virginia Military Institute in 1976 and a master's in business administration from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia in 1981.