Mark Griffin has joined The Phoenix Companies, Inc., as executive vice president and chief risk officer.
Mr. Griffin is responsible for overall leadership, vision, and direction for enterprise risk management. He reports to James D. Wehr, the president and chief executive officer.
“Mark will help Phoenix enhance our current enterprise risk structure and lead this strategic function to support the business going forward. I am excited to add someone with Mark's extensive experience and capability to our senior management team,” said Mr. Wehr.
Mr. Griffin was previously head of financial planning and analysis for Mass Mutual Financial. Prior to that, he served as chief investment officer and chief risk officer for Genworth Financial, chief risk manager for GE Insurance and held senior positions at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
Mr. Griffin earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, and holds the following professional designations: Fellow, Society of Actuaries, Financial Risk Manager, Chartered Financial Analyst, Certified Enterprise Risk Analyst, Society of Actuaries, and Professional Risk Manager.
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Victoria Spears
Victoria Prussen Spears is senior vice president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Brooklyn Law School, Ms. Spears was an attorney at a leading New York City law firm before joining Meyerowitz Communications. She may be contacted at [email protected].