Great-West Retirement Services Appoints Two Regional Sales Directors
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO, November 12, 2009 -- Great-West Retirement Services has appointed two regional sales directors in New Jersey, it was announced today by Bill Harmon, vice president of 401k sales. The new sales directors are Joe Carew and Laura Catalano. They are responsible for the development of corporate 401k plan business through brokers, financial advisers, consultants, wire houses and third-party administrators.
"I'm pleased to have these two experienced sales professionals as part of our growing Great-West Retirement Services sales team," said Harmon. "They fill a newly created position as well as a previously open position and will strengthen our ability to deliver retirement plan solutions to the corporate market in New Jersey." Great-West Retirement Services currently has close to 200 sales and service staff supporting its corporate 401k plan business across the United States.
Carew joins Great-West Retirement Services from John Hancock where he worked the past three years in sales and marketing positions. Prior to that, he held similar sales positions at The Hartford. Catalano previously worked eight years in a variety of sales positions at ING.
Carew has an MBA in finance from American University Kogod School of Business and bachelor's in psychology and political science from State University of New York College at Plattsburgh. He holds NASD Series 6, 7, 63 and life insurance licenses and is a Certified Investment Management Analyst. Catalano has a bachelor's in psychology from Providence College. She holds a NASD Series 6 license.
About Great-West Retirement Services
Great-West Retirement Services, a business unit of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, is the fourth-largest retirement plan record keeper in the United States, based on total participants at year-end 2008, according to a ranking by Spectrem Group. In all, Great-West Retirement Services provided 401k, 401(a), 403(b) and 457 retirement plan services to nearly 21,000 plans representing 3.7 million participants and $92 billion in assets at Dec. 31, 2008.
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