Mitch Waters Joins AXA Distributors, LLC as National Sales Manager
August 16 2007 - 10:56AM
PR Newswire (US)
To Lead Wholesale for the AXA Advisors Retail Distribution Channel
NEW YORK, Aug. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mitch Waters has joined
AXA Distributors, LLC as National Sales Manager for the AXA
Advisors channel. The announcement was made today by Jamie
Shepherdson, President of AXA Distributors and Executive Vice
President of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company. Mr. Waters will
report to William C. Miller, Jr., Chief Sales Officer of AXA
Distributors. Mr. Waters is responsible for leading the wholesale
distribution, sales and business development of AXA Equitable's
variable annuity products to AXA Advisors, LLC - the company's
retail distribution channel comprised of approximately 6,000
financial professionals nationwide. His focus is on helping AXA
Advisors financial professionals grow their businesses through
product education, coaching, sales support and service. Mr. Waters
leads a team of 13 wholesalers. "Mitch has a proven track record of
success in the wholesale distribution business and is known for
providing value to financial professionals and their clients
through his consultative sales and service approach," said Mr.
Miller. "AXA Advisors is a core distribution channel for AXA
Equitable. Mitch's appointment reaffirms the company's commitment
to focused sales support for our financial professionals." Prior to
joining AXA Distributors, Mr. Waters was Senior Vice President,
National Sales Manager for Curian Capital, a registered investment
advisor and subsidiary of Jackson National Life Insurance Company,
providing fee-based managed accounts and investment products to
financial professionals. At Curian, Mr. Waters was responsible for
leading the firm's distribution team and overseeing the company's
sales efforts. Before that, he was Executive Director and Regional
Sales Manager for Morgan Stanley Investment Management, where he
built and trained the company's wholesaling team. Mr. Waters began
his wholesaling career at AIM Investment Management, where he was
Wholesale Vice President. He later joined Putnam Investments where
he was Senior Vice President and Regional Marketing Director. Mr.
Waters earned a bachelor's degree from the College of Wooster in
Wooster, Ohio. He holds NASD Series 7, 63 and 65 licenses. About
AXA Distributors AXA Distributors, LLC is the wholesale
distribution company of AXA Financial, Inc., a member of the global
AXA Group. It is dedicated to the distribution of managed
investment products and services including an innovative line of
whole and variable life insurance and fixed and variable annuities
to professional financial intermediaries including brokerages,
banks, and independent financial planners, as well as AXA Advisors,
LLC, the retail distribution company of AXA Financial. As of
January 2007, AXA Distributors had more than 300 employees,
servicing roughly 400 partner firms and representing in excess of
17,000 individual producers. About AXA Equitable AXA Equitable Life
Insurance Company has been in business since 1859 and is a leading
nationwide issuer of life insurance and annuity products. The
company has over 11,000 employees and sales personnel and
approximately 4.8 million policy/contract holders nationwide as of
December 31, 2006. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, New York,
N.Y., is one of the premier U.S. organizations providing life
insurance and annuity products and services for the financial
services market. Variable products are co-distributed by affiliates
AXA Advisors, LLC, and AXA Distributors, LLC. AXA Equitable's
parent company, AXA Financial, Inc., is a member of the global AXA
Group, a worldwide leader in financial protection and wealth
management. AXA Group's operations are diverse geographically, with
major operations in Western Europe, North America, and the
Asia/Pacific region. The AXA ordinary share is listed on the Paris
Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol AXA. The AXA American
Depositary Share is also listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol
AXA. AXA Equitable is solely responsible for its life insurance and
annuity obligations. AXA Equitable is a sponsor of the Variable
Annuities Knowledge Center (http://www.variableannuityfacts.org/),
an online resource aimed at helping consumers understand the facts
surrounding variable annuities. The Variable Annuities Knowledge
Center is operated by a standalone non-profit organization and is
overseen by an independent advisory board. DATASOURCE: AXA
Equitable CONTACT: Jo Ann Tizzano of AXA Equitable,
+1-212-314-2979, Web site: http://www.axa-equitable.com/
http://www.variableannuityfacts.org/
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