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Conn. Finance Exec. Named to Investment Post
A news release from Governor M. Jodi Rell said Joseph D. Roxe’s appointment was to be effective immediately and that Roxe would serve until 2011. Roxe succeeds former Chairman James T. Larkin of Greenwich, who has retired after five years of service.
According to the announcement, Roxe is chairman of Bay Holdings LLC and The Roxe Foundation, in New York City and, previously, was Senior Vice President, Director and CFO of insurance broker Johnson & Higgins and a divisional Vice President of Mobil Oil corporation.
“Joe will bring tremendous guidance and
leadership to this post,” Rell said in the
announcement. “The tumble that everyone has taken on
Wall Street requires that we proceed as diligently as
possible to protect taxpayer investments.”
The 10-member advisory council includes five
public members appointed by the Governor and
legislative leadership, three representatives of the
state teachers’ union, and two representatives of the
state employees’ union. The treasurer and secretary
of the Office of Policy and Management are ex-officio
members. The Governor appoints the council’s
chairman.