American International Group Inc. announced that Anastasia D. Kelly, AIG executive vice president, general counsel, has been named vice chairman.

Ms. Kelly, who was also serving as senior regulatory and compliance officer, will report to AIG Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Edward J. Liddy, the company said.

In her new position, Ms. Kelly will assume responsibility for the Communications, Corporate Affairs and Human Resources functions, in addition to her present responsibilities for Global Legal, Compliance and Regulatory matters.

Commenting on Ms. Kelly's new position, Mr. Liddy said: “With the alignment of policy functions under Stasia's leadership and the recent organization of administrative functions under Vice Chairman Richard Booth and asset disposition functions under Vice Chairman Paula Reynolds, AIG's corporate activities are better positioned to achieve our goals of repaying American taxpayers and restoring AIG's financial health.”

Ms. Kelly joined AIG in September 2006. She was previously executive vice president and general counsel of MCI/WorldCom, where she served as the chief legal officer from 2003 until MCI/WorldCom's merger with Verizon early in 2006.

Before that, she served as general counsel of Sears, Roebuck and Fannie Mae, and was a partner at Wilmer Hale in Washington, D.C.

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Kelly Named AIG Vice Chair

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