Retirement Industry People Moves

Nationwide Retirement Hires Divisional Sales Manager

Kevin Jones

Nationwide Retirement Solutions announced that Kevin Jones has joined the company’s distribution team as divisional sales manager focusing on specialty markets. Jones reports to Rich Porter, senior vice president of Nationwide Retirement Solutions Distribution.

Jones joins Nationwide after 18 years at Edward Jones, where his experience spanned retirement product management, compliance, technology and operations. Jones will build and lead a team of workplace retirement plan consultants focused on serving financial advisers and their business-owner clients.

Manulife John Hancock Investments Hires Retirement Investment Consultant

Lloyd Silk

Manulife John Hancock Investments introduced Lloyd Silk as a new retirement investment consultant. Silk brings more than 25 years of experience in the retirement plan industry.

Silk has been a DCIO specialist for Invesco and, most recently, was a workplace benefit specialist for Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.

“He has developed a proven track record of delivering exceptional service to clients,” Manulife’s corporate announcement stated.

Seyfarth Shaw Names New Corporate Practice Leaders

Seyfarth Shaw, a provider of advisory, litigation and transactional legal services to clients, elevated two attorneys to corporate practice chairs: Steven Richman, new chair of Seyfarth’s institutional investor practice, and Aaron Gillett, new vice chair of the mergers and acquisitions practice. 

Based in Atlanta, Richman serves as investment counsel to institutional investors such as large public pension funds, private pension funds (large and small), endowments, and foundations and family offices. Richman succeeds Robert Bodansky, who has led the institutional investor practices since its launch more than 20 years ago.

Based in Chicago, Gillett focuses his practices on M&A transactions, as well as corporate governance, commercial finance and commercial contracts.

Mutual of America Names Executive VP, Head of Institutional

Aiden Redmond

Mutual of America Capital Management announced that Aiden Redmond has joined as executive vice president and head of institutional.

Redmond is responsible for overseeing the institutional client service experience and asset-raising initiatives. He reports to Joseph Gaffoglio, president and CEO of Mutual of American Capital Management LLC, and will be based in New York.

Prior to joining Capital Management, Redmond was head of investor relations at QVIDTVM Inc. Previously, he served as CEO of Allianz Global Investors Distributors US, where he was also head of North America institutional and president of the Taiwan Fund, a closed-end vehicle.

Northern Trust Asset Management Names Co-CIOs

Michael Hunstad (left), Chris Roth (right)

Northern Trust Management named Michael Hunstad and Chris Roth as co-CIOs, effective June 1. The duo will succeed Angelo Manioudakis, who will retire on May 31, having served as CIO since September 2021.

Hunstad and Roth currently oversee the firm’s equities and fixed-income investments, respectively. They will report to Daniel Gamba, president of Northern Trust Asset Management.

The duo will oversee the firm’s investment performance, process and philosophy, according to a statement from Northern Trust. They will also be co-chairs of the firm’s investment policy committee. The firm’s fixed-income, equity, multi-asset and alternative CIOs will report to Hunstad and Roth.