Jane D. Carlin has been elected to the board of directors of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

“Jane's election to our board reflects our success in attracting exceptional individuals as directors of our company,” said Michael P. Angelini, chairman of the board of directors at The Hanover. “Jane brings tremendous experience, outstanding insight, and intellect. We are very pleased to add her to our board.”

Over the course of her career, Ms. Carlin has served in senior roles with companies including Morgan Stanley Group and Credit Suisse Group. She held a number of leadership roles at Morgan Stanley, from 2006 to 2012, and previously from 1987 to 2003.

Most recently, she was managing director, global head of financial holding company governance and assurance.

At Credit Suisse, Ms. Carlin was managing director and global head of bank operational risk oversight, from 2003 to 2006.

Previously, she was a managing director and deputy general counsel at Morgan Stanley.

Ms. Carlin served as a senior consultant with Bridgewater Associates, LP, from 2012 to 2015, and has served as an advisor to the chief risk and compliance office at Bloomberg, L.P., since 2014.

In 2010, Ms. Carlin was appointed by the U.S. Treasury Department to serve as chair of the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security (“FSSCC”), and served in that role until 2012. Prior to that, from 2009 to 2010, she served as vice chair of the FSSCC and as chair of its cyber security committee.

Ms. Carlin has been a director of PHH Corporation, a mortgage servicing company, since 2012. She chairs the company's finance, compliance, and risk management committee and serves on its audit committee. Since 2015, Ms. Carlin also has served as a director of iShares, Inc., and as a trustee of iShares Trust and iShares U.S. ETF Trust, registered investment companies, that collectively are comprised of a series of exchange-traded funds advised by an affiliate of BlackRock, Inc. She is chair of iShares' compliance and risk committee and serves on its audit and nominating and corporate governance committees.

Ms. Carlin holds a J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and a bachelor's degree in political science from State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Learn more: hanover.com.

Victoria Spears

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].

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