Exhibit 99.2
Form 52-109F2
Certification of Interim Filings
Full Certificate
I, Phil Witherington, President and Chief Executive Officer of Manulife Financial Corporation, certify the following:
1.Review: I have reviewed the interim financial report and interim MD&A (together, the "interim filings") of Manulife Financial
Corporation (the "issuer") for the interim period ended June 30, 2025.
2.No misrepresentations: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim filings do not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated or that is necessary to make a
statement not misleading in light of the circumstances under which it was made, with respect to the period covered by the
interim filings.
3.Fair presentation: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim financial report together with the
other financial information included in the interim filings fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, financial
performance and cash flows of the issuer, as of the date of and for the period presented in the interim filings.
4.Responsibility: The issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures (DC&P) and internal control over financial reporting (ICFR), as those terms are defined in National Instrument
52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuer's Annual and Interim Filings, for the issuer.
5.Design: Subject to the limitations, if any, described in paragraphs 5.2 and 5.3, the issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I have,
as at the end of the period covered by the interim filings
a.designed DC&P, or caused it to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance that
i.material information relating to the issuer is made known to us by others, particularly during the period in which the
interim filings are being prepared; and
ii.information required to be disclosed by the issuer in its annual filings, interim filings or other reports filed or
submitted by it under securities legislation is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time
periods specified in securities legislation; and
b.designed ICFR, or caused it to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with the
issuer's GAAP.
5.1Control framework: The control framework the issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I used to design the issuer's ICFR is
Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission.
5.2N/A
5.3N/A
6.Reporting changes in ICFR: The issuer has disclosed in its interim MD&A any change in the issuer's ICFR that occurred during
the period beginning on April 1, 2025 and ended on June 30, 2025 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the issuer's ICFR.
Date: August 6, 2025
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