Deals & People February 27, 2013

FINRA Taps Citigroup Exec as CIO

Steven J. Randich was named executive vice president and chief information officer (CIO) by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
 
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Randich, currently Citigroup’s co-chief CIO, will oversee technology at FINRA, as well as the organization’s registration and disclosure division. He brings to FINRA an extensive background of market, technology and operations experience. He has been with Citigroup for seven years, most recently as co-chief information officer of Citigroup and global head of technology and CIO for Citi’s institutional clients group.

Before joining Citigroup, Randich was executive vice president of operations and technology, and chief information officer of NASDAQ. He had previously served as executive vice president and chief information officer for the Chicago Stock Exchange.

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He begins at FINRA on March 11 and will report directly to Richard Ketchum, FINRA’s chairman and chief executive.

“Throughout his career, Steve has combined superb leadership and technological skills with strong market and industry knowledge to earn a terrific reputation for working with business clients to identify and respond to priority technology issues,” Ketchum said. “These strengths make Steve ideally qualified to lead our technology team on our many important initiatives—including the continued rollout of the new exam technology platform, enhancements to CRD/BrokerCheck and development of FINRA’s response to the consolidated audit trail (CAT) request for proposal.”

Randich holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Northern Illinois University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago.

Deals & People February 27, 2013

SageView Adds Three Team Members

Chris Donnelly, Mike Nash and Jeff Padavic have joined SageView Advisory Group.
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Donnelly brings more than nine years of experience in the retirement industry. He spent most of his career with Alliance Bernstein Investments, where he held a variety of positions in the corporate retirement plan market. Donnelly joins SageView as a retirement plan consultant in Irvine, California.

Nash is with SageView’s executive benefits practice in San Francisco. He was most recently a regional director at Newport Group, specializing in executive benefit plans and has more than 20 years of experience. Nash is a practicing ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) attorney and Certified Public Accountant.

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Padavic was previously  an assistant vice president at Aon Hewitt as assistant vice president. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and is an Enrolled Actuary. He will be based in SageView’s Chicago office and will focus on actuarial consulting.

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