CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., March 8,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unum (NYSE: UNM) announced
today Gale V. King, former executive
vice president and chief administrative officer (CAO) at Nationwide
Mutual Insurance Company, has been elected to Unum's board of
directors.
King started her 37-year career at Nationwide as a claims
professional and worked in key leadership roles throughout the
company. She served as executive vice president and CAO from 2012
until her retirement from Nationwide in July
2021 and had responsibility for human resources, corporate
real estate and other support services for the company.
"Throughout her career, Gale has been a champion for building a
strong employee culture and advancing diversity, equity and
inclusion in the workplace," said Kevin
Kabat, Unum's chairman of the board. "At Unum, we share
those same passions and look forward to adding her experience,
insights and perspectives to the board."
King will serve on Unum's Human Capital and Risk and Finance
Committees effective May 1, 2022.
Currently, King is also a public company board director for
AutoZone and J.B. Hunt Transport. Her many honors include being
named to Ebony's 100 most powerful African Americans in
the United States, Diversity
Women's 2021 Elite 100, HR Executive Magazine's
Executive of the Year Honor Roll and Black Enterprise's
2019 Most Powerful Women in Corporate America.
King earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and master's
degree in public administration from the University of Florida. She went on to serve as the
university's foundation chair and received the Distinguished
Alumnus Award.
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