AXA Equitable Announces Three Senior Vice President Appointments
February 13 2009 - 1:27PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AXA Equitable Life
Insurance Company announced today that Vincent Cohan, David Kahal
and Suzanne van Staveren each have been elected to the position of
senior vice president. The appointments were confirmed during a
Board of Directors meeting held yesterday afternoon. "Now more than
ever, the enduring fabric of a company is defined by its leadership
team," said Christopher M. "Kip" Condron, chairman and chief
executive officer of AXA Equitable. "We congratulate Vincent, David
and Suzanne on their respective appointments, and I personally look
forward to their ongoing contributions to the organization."
Vincent Cohan has been appointed senior vice president and chief
technology officer for AXA Technology Services, reporting to
Etienne Aubourg, president and chief executive officer of
Paris-based AXA Technology Services. Mr. Cohan joined the company
last December and he is responsible for defining and implementing
the AXA Technology Services strategy and developing the
organization's information systems. Before joining AXA, Mr. Cohan
spent 11 years with The Thomson Corporation, where he was most
recently responsible for IT Operations in the Americas, India and
Thailand. David Kahal has been promoted to senior vice president of
AXA Equitable and national sales manager of AXA Distributors, LLC,
the company's proprietary life insurance and annuity wholesale
distribution organization. Mr. Kahal reports to Marian Sole, senior
vice president of AXA Equitable, and he is responsible for leading
the wholesale distribution, sales and business development of
proprietary life insurance products to the company's retail network
of approximately 6,000 financial professionals nationwide. Mr.
Kahal rejoined AXA in 2007, after previously serving from 1998 to
2003 as a national sales manager for AXA Distributors. Suzanne van
Staveren has been promoted to senior vice president of Corporate
Markets, which provides retirement plan strategies and solutions to
Fortune 1000 companies and their employees. Ms. van Staveren joined
AXA in January 2008 as chief operating officer for the Corporate
Markets business, and she is responsible for creating and executing
the group's overall business strategy. She reports to Bill
McDermott, executive vice president of AXA Equitable and head of
Corporate Markets. About AXA Equitable In business since 1859, AXA
Equitable Life Insurance Company is a leading financial protection
company and one of the nation's premier providers of life
insurance, annuity, and investment products and services. The
company's products and services are distributed to individuals and
business owners through its retail distribution channel, AXA
Advisors, LLC; to the financial services market through its
wholesale distribution channel, AXA Distributors, LLC; and to
corporations and their employees through its corporate distribution
channel, Corporate Markets. AXA Equitable, a subsidiary of AXA
Financial Inc., is part of the global AXA Group, a worldwide leader
in financial protection strategies and wealth management. "AXA
Group" refers to AXA, a French holding company for an international
group of insurance and financial services companies together with
its direct and indirect consolidated subsidiaries. For more
information, visit http://www.axa-equitable.com/. AXA Equitable
Life Insurance Company (NY, NY) issues life insurance and annuity
products. Guarantees in the life insurance and annuity products are
based on the claims-paying ability of AXA Equitable Life Insurance
Company. Securities are co-distributed through affiliates, AXA
Advisors, LLC and AXA Distributors, LLC. AXA Equitable and AXA
Advisors do not provide legal or tax advice. DATASOURCE: AXA
Equitable Life Insurance Company CONTACT: Jo Ann Tizzano,
+1-212-314-2979, , or Michael Arcaro, +1-212-314-2030, , both of
AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company Web Site:
http://www.axa-equitable.com/
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