Suzette is a member of our executive leadership team with responsibility for Institutional Retirement Solutions and Securian Asset Management. Within Institutional Retirement Solutions, she is responsible for growth and profitability within our longevity and institutional financial products line. Within Securian Asset management, she works to ensure Securian’s financial strength through the quality of our investments.

Experience

Since joining Securian Financial in 1997, Suzette has held various managerial positions within our Corporate Tax and Corporate Actuarial departments, including risk management, modeling and financial reporting. She was named second vice president in 2013, appointed chief actuary and chief risk officer in 2015 and vice president in 2017. Suzette was promoted to senior vice president in 2019 when she was named CEO for Canadian Premier Life Insurance Company and Canadian Premier General Insurance Company, our Canadian insurance company subsidiaries. While there, she successfully led the development and execution of our Canadian growth strategies for three years before moving back to our home office to lead our our strategic finance and transformation initiatives before assuming her current position.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota

Registrations/Licenses

• Fellow, Society of Actuaries (FSA)
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
• Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst (CERA)

Community

Suzette serves on the board and executive committee for Minnesota Children’s Museum, on the Executive Committee of the GroundBreak Coalition, and on the board of Friends School of Minnesota.