CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) announced today that Cynthia Egan, senior advisor
to the Treasury Department and former president of retirement plan
services at T. Rowe Price Group, has been elected to serve as a director
of the company.
Recognized as a leader in the retirement industry for defining
leading-edge solutions, Egan is currently advising senior Treasury
officials on the development of “myRA”, the Treasury-sponsored program
that is being created to support retirement savings for workers who are
not covered by defined contribution or other structured retirement
programs.
“We are very fortunate to have Cynthia join our board,” said William J.
Ryan, chairman of the board of Unum Group. “She brings significant
expertise in financial services and the defined contribution industry,
and I am certain her perspective and experience will be a tremendous
asset to Unum.”
As a Unum board member, Egan will serve on the audit and regulatory
compliance committees.
Prior to her role with the U.S. Treasury Department and T. Rowe Price,
Egan was a long-time member of the executive team at Fidelity
Investments where she was executive vice president of Fidelity
Institutional Tax-Exempt Services Company, president of the Fidelity
Charitable Gift Fund and executive vice president of FMR Corp. Egan
began her professional career at the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve in 1980, and, prior to joining Fidelity, worked at KPMG Peat
Marwick and Bankers Trust Company.
Egan currently serves as a member of the board at Envestnet, Inc., a
wealth management technology and services provider.
ABOUT UNUM
Unum Group (www.unum.com)
is a leading provider of financial protection benefits in the United
States and the United Kingdom. Its primary businesses are Unum US,
Colonial Life and Unum UK. Unum’s portfolio includes disability, life,
accident and critical illness coverage, which help protect millions of
working people and their families in the event of an illness or injury.
The company reported revenues of $10.35 billion in 2013, and provided
$6.5 billion in benefits last year.
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