John Carroll – Senior Vice President and Head of Insurance and Annuities – U.S. and Canadas, LIMRA and LOMA
John Carroll began his career at Merrill Lynch and over the course of 20 years held a variety of sales and marketing roles, culminating in Managing Director, Head of Distribution and Co-Head of Merrill Lynch Insurance Group.
After Merrill Lynch, he joined Allianz Global Investors (AGI) where he was Chief Operating Officer for AGI Distributors (AGID), their U.S. Broker Dealer, and ultimately Head of U.S. Retail Distribution and served as the Chief Executive Officer of AGID.
He joined LIMRA and LOMA from Epoch Investment Partners, an institutional asset management firm, where he was Head of Intermediary Client Relations. He holds a BA in Economics and an MBA from Rutgers University.
“I am driven by a passion to improve things – organizations, relationships, processes – which has defined my career and provided me with a diverse set of experiences in the design, set up and execution of organizational priorities”.
“I have the ability to understand a strategic vision and break it down into actionable goals and tactics that can then be executed on in a systematic manner through the removal of obstacles, leveraging organizational strengths and focusing on client needs though the development and leveraging of strong cross-functional relationships. I have delivered meaningful change management initiatives in all organizations in which I have worked and have done so by representing the interests of Distribution teams throughout those firms as well as to external groups and clients”.
