Jackson Names Michael Hicks Chief Information Officer
April 11 2023 - 4:15PM
Business Wire
Jackson Financial Inc.1 (NYSE: JXN) (Jackson®) today announced
that Michael Hicks will join the company as Chief Information
Officer (CIO), effective April 17. Hicks will be based in the
company’s Lansing, Michigan office and will lead key aspects of
Jackson’s information technology strategy, collaborating with
business units to ensure operational efficiencies, enhance client
experiences and expand market reach, reporting to Dev Ganguly,
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
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Jackson names Mike Hicks CIO, effective
April 17, 2023. (Photo: Business Wire)
“Mike’s breadth of experience and expertise in integrating
technology with the financial planning process is an outstanding
complement to our core capabilities and evolving IT strategy, and
we are thrilled to welcome him to our team,” said Ganguly. “His
penchant for innovation is evident in his work, including his
efforts to create some of the industry’s first, real-time
integrations between retirement solutions companies and back
offices using API technology. Mike has a proven track record of
success that will help further our efforts to enhance and modernize
Jackson’s technology capabilities for financial professionals and
their clients seeking retirement products.”
“I greatly look forward to joining the Jackson team and applying
my experience connecting operations and distribution functions with
information technology ecosystems,” Hicks said. “I strongly believe
more technological innovation and progress will be made in the
annuities industry in the next decade than occurred in the last
quarter century combined. I am excited to accelerate Jackson’s
digital transformation journey and further enhance its position as
an industry leader.”
Hicks most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief
Digital Officer at AF Group, a leading national provider of
workers’ compensation insurance solutions. During his more than
25-year career, he has held similar positions at Emergent Holdings,
Inc. and divisions within Guardian Life, MassMutual and Lincoln
Financial Group. Hicks is an accomplished leader and was named a
finalist in the 2021 MichiganCIO ORBIE awards in the Large
Enterprise category. He is the former chairperson of the Insured
Retirement Institute standardization committee and a past advisory
board member for Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
Insurance Services. He currently serves on advisory boards for
Vation Ventures, MichiganCIO and the College of Technology at
Davenport University.
Hicks graduated from the University of Northwestern Ohio with an
Associate of Science degree in Business, Computer Programming and
Analysis. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Studies
from Boston University and a Master of Business Administration
degree in Global Business and Leadership from the D’Amore-McKim
School of Business at Northeastern University.
ABOUT JACKSON
Jackson® (NYSE: JXN) is committed to helping clarify the
complexity of retirement planning—for financial professionals and
their clients. Through our range of annuity products, financial
know-how, history of award-winning service* and streamlined
experiences, we strive to reduce the confusion that complicates
retirement planning. We take a balanced, long-term approach to
responsibly serving all our stakeholders, including customers,
shareholders, distribution partners, employees, regulators and
community partners. We believe by providing clarity for all today,
we can help drive better outcomes for tomorrow. For more
information, visit www.jackson.com.
*SQM (Service Quality Measurement Group) Contact Center Awards
Program for 2004 and 2006-2022, for the financial services industry
(To achieve world-class certification, 80% or more of call-center
customers surveyed must have rated their experience as very
satisfied, the highest rating possible).
Jackson® is the marketing name for Jackson Financial Inc.,
Jackson National Life Insurance Company® (Home Office: Lansing,
Michigan) and Jackson National Life Insurance Company of New York®
(Home Office: Purchase, New York).
1Jackson Financial Inc. is a U.S. holding company and the direct
parent of Jackson Holdings LLC (JHLLC). The wholly-owned direct and
indirect subsidiaries of JHLLC include Jackson National Life
Insurance Company, Brooke Life Insurance Company, PPM America, Inc.
and Jackson National Asset Management, LLC.
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Patrick Rich patrick.rich@jackson.com
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