Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 27, 2014

Interview with the President and CEO: Genworth Financial, Inc. (GNW)

McInerney, Thomas J.
Thomas J. McInerney has been President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Genworth Financial, Inc., since January 2013. Before joining the company, Mr. McInerney had served as a senior adviser to The Boston Consulting Group from June 2011 to December 2012, providing consulting and advisory services to leading insurance and financial services companies in the United States and Canada. Prior to that, Mr. McInerney spent 30 years working with ING Groep N.V. and Aetna Inc. From October 2009 to December 2010, Mr. McInerney was a member of ING Groep’s Management Board for Insurance, where he was the Chief Operating Officer for ING’s insurance and investment management businesses worldwide. From April 2006 to October 2009, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ING Americas, and a member of ING Groep’s executive board, where he led ING’s pension, retirement services, insurance and investment management businesses in the United States, Canada and seven countries in Latin America. From October 2001 to April 2006, he was the Chief Executive Officer of ING U.S. Financial Services, and from December 2000 to October 2001, he was Chief Executive Officer of ING U.S. Worksite Financial Services. In 2000, ING Groep acquired Aetna Financial Services, for which Mr. McInerney served as President from August 1997 to December 2000. Prior to that, he served in many leadership positions with Aetna, where he began his career as an insurance underwriter in June 1978. During his career, Mr. McInerney has been active with the American Council of Life Insurers and the Financial Services Roundtable, having served on each association’s board and Chief Executive Officer Committee. Mr. McInerney received a B.A. in economics from Colgate University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Profile
TWST: I know your long-term care business is one of your focus areas; can you outline your goals for that segment of your business at this stage?

Mr. McInerney: We are and have been a