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Deals & People June 10, 2010
Transamerica Appoints Southern Regional VP
Transamerica Retirement Services has hired Chad Brown as regional vice president in the company’s southern region to oversee all sales and distribution activities in western and central Texas.
Reported by Rebecca Moore
Brown will be based in Austin, Texas, and will report to Steven Dunlap, Transamerica’s divisional vice president for the Southern Region.
He joins Transamerica from Nationwide Financial Services, Inc., where he served for the past five years as regional vice president of sales. He was responsible for both the sales of retirement plans through all distribution partners, as well as consulting on plan design and implementation.
Brown received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Nevada. He is a Certified Retirement Services Professional and PLANSPONSOR Retirement Professional, and holds FINRA series 6 and 63, and Texas Life and Health Insurance licenses.
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