Great-West Adds Sales Director for Northern California

Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Pat Fields as regional sales director for northern California.

Fields is responsible for developing 401(k) plan business thorough brokers, financial advisers, consultants, wirehouses, and third-party administrators.

He reports to Ken Munro, regional vice president, and joins two other regional 401(k) sales directors, two regional public/nonprofit directors, and 21 additional team members serving northern California customers. 

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Prior to joining Great-West Retirement Services, Fields spent the past 17 years with John Hancock, where he served a similar market in various sales and management positions. 

Transamerica Appoints Southern Regional Vice President

Transamerica Retirement Services has hired Linda Kurz as regional vice president in the company’s Southern Region.

Kurz will be based in Gainesville, Virginia, and will oversee all sales and distribution activities in Virginia. She will report to Steven Dunlap, Transamerica’s divisional vice president for the Southern Region.    

Kurz has nearly 20 years of professional experience in the retirement industry, Transamerica said.

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She joins Transamerica from ING Financial Advisors, she was responsible for sales and marketing of qualified retirement plans through financial advisers and third party administrators (TPAs) for more than seven years. Kurz most recently served as a regional vice president for ING Financial Advisors, having also served as a regional sales director and regional director of client relations.     

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