John A. Graf to Become Vice Chairman of AXA Financial and President and COO of AXA Equitable Life Insurance
2005年7月21日 - 10:13PM
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John A. Graf to Become Vice Chairman of AXA Financial and President
and COO of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Named Member of newly
created Office of the Chief Executive NEW YORK, July 21
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AXA Financial, Inc. announced today that
John A. Graf will become Vice Chairman of the Board of the
corporation and President and Chief Operating Officer of its
subsidiaries, AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company and MONY Life
Insurance Company. In addition, Christopher M. "Kip" Condron,
President and Chief Executive Officer, announced the formation of
the Office of the Chief Executive. The CEO's office will be
comprised of Mr. Condron, Stanley B. Tulin, Vice Chairman and Chief
Financial Officer, and Mr. Graf. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050721/NYTH032 ) "I am proud
to have John join us as President and COO and very excited to work
with him in the Office of the Chief Executive Officer. John's role
in leading our businesses will drive our ability to attain the
substantial growth we are looking to achieve in the next few
years," Mr. Condron commented. As Vice Chairman of AXA Financial
and President and COO of AXA Equitable, Mr. Graf will assume direct
responsibility for the major businesses currently reporting to Mr.
Condron. "John will be a major driver in building our successes and
his exceptional background will be a tremendous asset. He will have
a significant impact on our development and growth as we seek to
create clearly differentiated, innovative financial solutions for
our clients with a specific focus in the retirement planning
marketplace," Mr. Condron continued. Mr. Graf became Executive Vice
President of International Retirement Savings at AIG in 2002,
having joined the company in 2001 when American General Corporation
was acquired by AIG. At the time of the acquisition, he was Senior
Vice Chairman, responsible for all group retirement plan, annuity
and retail investment businesses. He joined the Conseco
organization in 1987, working primarily for its Western National
Life Insurance Company. He rose to Western National's Vice Chairman
and Chief Marketing and Administrative Officer before it was
eventually acquired by American General. In 1997, he became
President and CEO of Western National and Vice Chairman of the
American General holding company, then was appointed Senior Vice
Chairman and Group Executive of asset accumulation for American
General. Earlier, Mr. Graf worked for John Hancock Mutual Life
Insurance Company in its corporate marketing management program.
Subsequently, he joined Skokie Federal Savings and Loan where he
introduced insurance and annuity products. Mr. Graf received a B.A.
degree in economics from the University of Illinois. About AXA
Financial AXA Financial is one of the premier U.S. organizations
providing financial protection and wealth management through its
strong brands: AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, AXA Advisors,
LLC, Alliance Capital Management, L.P., Sanford C. Bernstein &
Co., LLC, AXA Distributors, LLC, and the MONY family of companies,
including MONY Life Insurance Company, U.S. Financial Life
Insurance Company, Advest, Inc., and Lebenthal, a division of
Advest, Inc. (Member: NYSE, NASD, SIPC.) AXA Financial had
approximately $598 billion in assets under management as of
December 31, 2004. AXA Financial is a member of the global AXA
Group. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050721/NYTH032
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: AXA Financial, Inc.
CONTACT: Mary Taylor, +1-212-314-5845, , or Jeff Tolvin,
+1-212-314-2811, , both of AXA Financial, Inc. Web site:
http://www.axa-financial.com/
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