I am excited to announce Rony Sleiman will be assuming the leadership of our enterprise Risk Oversight and Governance responsibilities. This is a critical role partnering with professionals across the organization to increase our risk awareness, support our risk culture, and ultimately advance our strategic objectives. Rony’s knowledge, experience, and personal engagement are a great fit for this role. I look forward to Rony’s many contributions as we continue to advance our risk capabilities.
One area where Rony is already making a tremendous contribution is by leading our statutory earnings and capital forecasting project. It is very important for us to be able to forecast and re-forecast our capital position in order to make informed decisions about how much capital we need to develop through Greg Mateja’s area. Capital supports our growth and becomes critically important during times when the financial markets are under stress. Due to the importance of this project, I have asked Rony to continue to lead this initiative. On a related note, Jeff Barron is a key contributor to our capital monitoring, attribution, and forecasting. Therefore, Jeff will continue to report to Rony in his new role.
Rony leaves a legacy of continuous improvement with our Valuation team. He was brought into National Life to lead our Corporate Actuarial Transformation project. In that role, he recruited a number of strong professionals, including Ryan Chen and Chris Barney. With Rony turning his focus to Risk, we have asked Ryan and Chris to assume leadership of our Retirement and Protection Valuation activities reporting directly to me. I look forward to working even more closely with both of them as we respond to environmental changes and support NL Group with greater insights into our liabilities.
Please join us in congratulating Rony, Ryan, and Chris in their new responsibilities.
— Eric Sandberg