COLUMBUS, Ga., Nov. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac
Incorporated today announced that Kriss
Cloninger III will retire from its Board of Directors,
effective December 31, 2017.
Katherine T. Rohrer, Ph.D., has been
appointed to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.
Rohrer's term will expire at the company's Annual Meeting of
Shareholders in 2018, at which time she will stand for election
along with the other director nominees.
Cloninger, who previously announced that he will be retiring
from Aflac Incorporated at the end of this year, will provide
services as a consultant through 2018. He joined Aflac in 1992 as
senior vice president and chief financial officer. In addition to
serving as chief financial officer from 1992 to 2015, Kriss was
named president of Aflac Incorporated in 2001, joining Aflac
Incorporated's Board of Directors that same year. He was named Best
CFO in the Insurance/Life category in America by Institutional
Investor magazine three times. His financial acumen and expertise
in the Company's operations and corporate strategy have provided a
unique economic perspective to the company's management team and
Board of Directors. Prior to joining Aflac in 1992, he served as a
principal in KPMG's insurance actuarial practice and served as a
consultant to Aflac beginning in 1977. Cloninger serves on the
boards of TSYS and Tupperware Brands. He holds both a bachelor's
and master's degree in business administration from the
University of Texas at Austin, and he
is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries.
Dr. Rohrer, vice provost emeritus and interim associate dean of
the graduate school at Princeton
University, brings to Aflac a breadth of experience, with
more than 30 years as a university leader. Her operational
expertise includes executing on institutional budgetary decisions;
leading academic governance and priority-setting; spearheading the
recruitment of deans and other senior academic administrators;
developing university-level messaging and communications; and
managing endowments, including payout deployment for a complex
$20 billion endowment. She served as
chief advisor to three deans of the faculty and three provosts, as
a senior member of the Princeton
budgetary Planning Group, and as the senior administrator of the
university-wide budgetary Priorities Committee. She oversaw
time-sensitive faculty start-up agreements with academic
departments and was appointed the lead senior administrator for an
arts initiative that included planning for more than $300 million in new facilities. Before assuming
her current role at Princeton
University, she served as vice provost for Academic Programs
from 2001 until 2015. Prior to assuming this position, starting in
1988, she held several academic leadership positions at
Princeton University, including
associate dean of the faculty, assistant dean of the college, and
director of studies at Wilson College.
She also served as assistant professor at Columbia University from 1982 through 1988.
Dr. Rohrer has served as co-chair and chair of the Academic
Affairs Committee and as a member of the Executive Committee and
Finance Committee on the Emory
University Board of Trustees. She received her Bachelor of
Arts degree from Emory University as
well as both her Master of Fine Arts and Doctor of Philosophy
degree in musicology from Princeton
University.
Daniel P. Amos, chairman and
chief executive officer of Aflac Incorporated, commented: "Kriss
has been a key contributor to Aflac and the Aflac Incorporated
Board of Directors for many years. His leadership reflects the best
attributes of Aflac's culture and vision, and his unique
perspective and expertise in many areas has greatly benefited every
aspect of Aflac's operations. Not only have I have relied upon
Kriss' deep financial expertise throughout numerous financial
cycles, but I have valued a strong collaboration with him, as his
wisdom and insights have helped build and shape Aflac's leadership
team. I am thankful for Kriss' service to Aflac."
"With Kathy coming on the Board and bringing her unique
perspective and experience, I look forward to her meaningful
contributions as well. Her inspirational leadership and creative
approach as a university leader, combined with her extensive
experience across numerous disciplines, round out a distinctive
perspective, making her an outstanding addition to the Aflac
Incorporated Board of Directors. Aflac is fortunate to have her on
the Board and will benefit further from her expertise."
About Aflac
When a policyholder gets sick or hurt,
Aflac pays cash benefits fast. For more than six decades, Aflac
insurance policies have given policyholders the opportunity to
focus on recovery, not financial stress. In the United States, Aflac is the leader in
voluntary insurance sales at the worksite. Through its trailblazing
One Day PaySM initiative, Aflac U.S. can receive, process, approve
and disburse payment for eligible claims in one business day. In
Japan, Aflac is the leading
provider of medical and cancer insurance and insures 1 in 4
households. Aflac insurance products help provide protection to
more than 50 million people worldwide. For 11 consecutive years,
Ethisphere has recognized Aflac as one of the World's Most Ethical
Companies. In 2017, Fortune magazine recognized Aflac as one of the
100 Best Companies to Work for in America for the 19th consecutive
year and in 2017 included Aflac on its list of Most Admired
Companies for the 16th time. Aflac Incorporated is a Fortune 500
company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AFL.
To find out more about Aflac and One Day PaySM, visit aflac.com or
aflac.com/espanol.
Analyst and investor contact – David A.
Young, 706.596.3264 or 800.235.2667; FAX: 706.324.6330 or
dyoung@aflac.com
Media contact – Catherine H.
Blades, 706.596.3014; FAX: 706.320.2288 or
cblades@aflac.com
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