He was born circa 1969.[1] He is a native of
Eliot, Maine and attended
Marshwood High School where he was a multi-sport athlete and class of 1987 valedictorian.[4] McKenney graduated from
Tufts University[1] with a BS in Mechanical Engineering.[3]
Career
He was with
General Electric from 1991 to 2004.[3] He was then the CFO of Genworth Financial and Sun Life Financial.[1] He was Genworth Financial from 2004 to 2007 and with Sun Life Financial from 2007 to 2009. He became CFO and executive vice president of Unum in August 2009, joining from Sun Life in
Canada.[3] He was CFO of Unum until he became CEO.[2] He replaced Unum president and CEO Thomas Watjen in April 2015,[4] joining as well the Unum board.[5]