CNO Financial Group Appoints Jess Turner to its Board of Directors
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CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) has appointed Jess Turner to its board of directors, effective immediately. Turner, currently serving as Executive Vice President and Global Head of Open Banking and API at Mastercard (NYSE: MA), brings significant fintech, financial services, and management experience to the board. Her appointment increases the CNO board size to nine directors.
Turner's expertise in tech-enabled customer experiences, digital product development, and technology security is expected to contribute to CNO's strategic growth priorities. At Mastercard, she leads the development of new products and technologies for open banking, driving innovation with key partners across the ecosystem. Her previous roles at Mastercard included leading strategy for blockchain, digital assets, crypto, and open banking products.
Positive
- Appointment of a senior technology executive with fintech expertise to the board
- Expansion of board size, potentially bringing more diverse perspectives
- Addition of expertise in tech-enabled customer experiences and digital product development
- Potential for advancement of CNO's strategic growth priorities
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- None.
News Market Reaction
On the day this news was published, CNO gained 0.79%, reflecting a mild positive market reaction.
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CARMEL, Ind., Oct. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) announced today that its board of directors has appointed Jess Turner as a director, effective immediately. Turner is Executive Vice President and Global Head of Open Banking and API at Mastercard (NYSE: MA), a global technology company in the payments industry, and is a member of its Management Committee. Turner's appointment increases the size of the CNO board to nine directors.
"We are very pleased to welcome Jess to CNO's board of directors," said Board Chair Dan Maurer. "As a senior technology executive of a publicly traded company, Jess brings significant fintech, financial services and management experience to the board. Her expertise in tech-enabled customer experiences, digital product development and technology security will prove instrumental in the advancement of CNO's strategic growth priorities."
In her role as Executive Vice President and Global Head of Open Banking and API at Mastercard, Turner leads the development and build-out of new products and technologies to enable the future of open banking, while driving innovation with key partners across the ecosystem, including fintech companies and governments globally. Before this leadership position, she served as the Executive Vice President of New Digital Infrastructure and Fintech, where she led the strategy, design, development and commercialization of Mastercard's blockchain, digital assets, crypto and open banking products.
In more than 18 years at Mastercard, she has been responsible for delivering both product and digital solutions and advancing the company's inclusive growth strategy in
Turner received a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of
About CNO Financial Group
CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) secures the future of middle-income America. CNO provides life and health insurance, annuities, financial services, and workforce benefits solutions through our family of brands, including Bankers Life, Colonial Penn, Optavise and Washington National. Our customers work hard to save for the future, and we help protect their health, income and retirement needs with 3.2 million policies and
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