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Effie Georgountzos

Chief Financial Officer at John Hancock Variable Trust Advisers

Broker registration; no current adviser registration

Effie Georgountzos is Chief Financial Officer of John Hancock Variable Trust Advisers LLC, a Boston investment adviser managing $68.6B. Effie Georgountzos has a current broker registration and no current investment-adviser registration and has passed the Series 6.

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Licensing exams

From the IAPD record · data retrieved 17 October 2026 · page updated 20 October 2026SEC record

Career

Effie Georgountzos has been Chief Financial Officer of John Hancock Variable Trust Advisers since June 2025. Effie Georgountzos is a control person of the firm and directly owns under 5% of it.

John Hancock Variable Trust Advisers LLC is a Boston, MA firm with $68.6B under management, 50 clients and 28 advisers in one office, as of its March 2026 filing.

No adviser firm registrations are on Effie Georgountzos’s record.

Credentials and registrations

Examinations

SIECredited
Name
Securities Industry Essentials Examination
Series 617 February 2001
Name
Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts Representative Examination

Individual record

Full name
Effie E Georgountzos
CRD
4300422

Disciplinary history is not reported here, in either direction. Check the SEC record.

Common questions

Where does Effie Georgountzos work?

Effie Georgountzos has been Chief Financial Officer of John Hancock Variable Trust Advisers LLC since June 2025, and is a control person of the firm.

Source: Form ADV, Schedule A, filed 25 March 2026

Does Effie Georgountzos have a current investment-adviser registration?

Effie Georgountzos has a current broker registration and no current investment-adviser registration.

Source: IAPD individual record, checked 17 October 2026

What exams has Effie Georgountzos passed?

Effie Georgountzos passed the Series 6 in February 2001. FINRA credited Effie Georgountzos with the SIE, which began in October 2018.

Source: IAPD individual record, checked 17 October 2026

Leadership at John Hancock Variable Trust Advisers

Sources

  1. IAPD individual record, CRD 4300422. Registration status, employment history and examinations.
  2. Form ADV Part 1A, Schedules A and B of John Hancock Variable Trust Advisers LLC, filed 25 March 2026. Title, control and ownership bands.

Retrieved 17 October 2026. The SEC record may have been amended since.

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