Paul Gennaro has joined Voya Financial as senior VP-corporate communications & chief communications officer.
He'll handle internal/external PR, counsel top management and protect the reputation of the $511B asset giant among its stakeholders.
Most recently, Gennaro was senior VP-corporate communications at AECOM, the $20B infrastructure & support services company. Earlier, he was in charge of global PR at Johns Manville and did stints at Ingersoll-Rand, Dell and American Express.
Gennaro began his communications career in the US Navy.
Voya serves the retirement needs of 13M customers. Its corporate goal is to position as "America's Retirement Company." Voya is the former US business of Amsterdam-based ING Group.
Gennaro reports to CEO Rodney Martin.
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