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officer for Lincoln National Life, chief administrative officer and chief financial officer for Lincoln Financial
Distributors, Inc., chief financial officer and chief risk officer for LNC’s Life and Annuity division and head of
customer support for LNC’s Employer Markets division. Mr. Smith holds bachelor’s degrees in Economics and
Russian Studies from the University of Michigan. He attained Fellowship in the Society of Actuaries in 1990 and
is also a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries. He also attained his CFA Charter holder designation in
2003.
Our Directors
The Board of Directors is responsible for the oversight of management of the Company. The following table
presents information regarding the current members of our Board of Directors.
Name Age Position
Rodney O. Martin, Jr. ...................... 61 Chairman of the Board of Directors
Patrick G. Flynn .......................... 53 Director
J. Barry Griswell .......................... 65 Director
Frederick S. Hubbell ....................... 63 Director
Hendricus (“Henny”) A. Koemans ............ 60 Director
Willem (“Wilfred”) F. Nagel ................ 57 Director
David Zwiener ........................... 59 Director
Set forth below is biographical information about each of the directors named in the table above, to the
extent not provided above under “—Our Executive Officers.”
Patrick G. Flynn was appointed a director of Voya Financial, Inc. in 2011. He has been a member of the
Executive Board and chief financial officer of ING Group since April 2009. He also serves on the Management
Boards of ING Bank, NN Group (successor to ING V and ING Insurance Topholding N.V.) and ING Insurance
Eurasia N.V. Prior to joining ING Group, he was employed by HSBC from 1989 to 2009 serving as chief
financial officer for HSBC’s banking and insurance operations in South America from 2002 to 2006 and rising to
chief financial officer of HSBC’s global Insurance business based in London. From 1984 to 1989 he was
employed by KPMG in Dublin, Ireland. Mr. Flynn holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Studies from Trinity
College Dublin. Mr. Flynn is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ireland, and a member of the
Association of Corporate Treasurers (UK).
J. Barry Griswell was appointed a director of Voya Financial, Inc. in May 2013 and serves as Chairman of
our Compensation and Benefits Committee (see “—Compensation and Benefits Committee”). Mr. Griswell is the
retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Principal Financial Group, positions he held from 2002 to 2009
and 2000-2008, respectively. He remained a non-executive member of Principal Financial Group’s Board of
Directors until 2010. Prior to joining Principal Financial Group in 1988, Mr. Griswell served as President and
Chief Executive Officer of MetLife Marketing Corporation, a subsidiary of Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company. In 2011, Mr. Griswell joined the board of directors of Och-Ziff Capital Management Group, where he
serves as Chair of the Compensation Committee, and since 2004 he has been a member of the board of directors
of Herman Miller, Inc., where he currently is Chair of the Compensation Committee and a member of the
Executive Committee. From 2010 to 2013, Mr. Griswell served as a director of National Financial Partners Corp.
From his retirement in 2008 from Principal Financial Group until July 1, 2013, Mr. Griswell has served as the
head of the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, first as President and, from July 2011 until July
2013, as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Griswell has held leadership positions with several industry trade
associations, including ACLI, LIMRA, the Life Underwriting Training Council and LL Global. Mr. Griswell is
the co-author of The Adversity Paradox: An Unconventional Guide to Achieving Uncommon Business Success
(2009). Mr. Griswell received a B.A. from Berry College and an M.B.A. from Stetson University.
Frederick S. Hubbell was appointed a director of Voya Financial, Inc. in 2012. Mr. Hubbell serves as our
Lead Director (see below “—Lead Director”) and Chairman of our Nominating and Governance Committee
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