Northwestern Mutual Names Transformation Chief

Northwestern Mutual also promoted four executives from the LearnVest unit:

• Alexa von Tobel, who has been the head of LearnVest, is now the chief digital officer for Northwestern Mutual.

• Aditi Gokhale, who has been the chief marketing officer at LearnVest, is now the chief marketing officer for Northwestern Mutual.

• Ainslie Simmonds, who has been the chief operating officer at LearnVest, is now vice president — digital products and design, for Northwestern Mutual.

• Emilia Sherifova, who has been chief technology officer at LearnVest, is now vice president — architecture and engineering for Northwestern Mutual.

Sherifova has already been building Northwestern Mutual's next digital platform. She will now lead the development of a five-year technology roadmap, the company says.

Northwestern Mutual acquired LearnVest in 2015.

Northwestern Mutual also announced another technology-related executive move: It promoted Hamilton Faris to vice president — data and analytics. Faris, who has already been running the company's global data strategy unit, came to the company from MetLife Inc. in September. While Faris was at MetLife, he was the chief data and analytics officer for MetLife's Americas region. 

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