Gow & Partners recruits Aetna's Vice President and Chief Actuary
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 28th August 2007 -- Gow & Partners, New York was responsible for the search and recruitment of Michael Fedyna as Vice Present and Chief Actuary of Aetna, one of the nation’s leading diversified health care benefits companies. Commenting on the search, Roddy Gow, Chairman and Founder said: “We were delighted to be asked to undertake this important strategic project for Aetna and are very pleased with the outcome”.
Joseph Zubretsky, the Chief Financial Officer of Aetna, whom Fedyna will be reporting directly to, said: “I am very pleased to have a seasoned executive with such broad experience as an actuary in the health care business joining Aetna. Mike brings detailed knowledge in developing, pricing and reserving health care business contracts, as well as significant expertise in other forms of insurance and risk management”.
Michael Fedyna joins Aetna from Humana, where he was Vice President and Chief Actuary. Before that, he was Vice President and Chief Actuary for WellPoint’s east region and he also served in a similar capacity at Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New York. Earlier in his career, he held positions of increasing responsibility for three divisions of CIGNA. He replaces Jim Geyer, who retired from the company in April.
Gow & Partners, a leading global executive search firm, was founded in 2002 by Chairman, Roddy Gow who has 25 years of experience in senior level executive search. The firm has offices in New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Houston, London, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich and Hong Kong. It has strong transatlantic connections and experience, and specializes in cross border key executive appointments. It has a sister company, Gow Board Consulting, which provides corporate governance services to public companies for the mandatory annual Board Assessment. |
