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10 Allstate executives
These ten current and former Allstate executives hold or have held chief officer, president and executive vice president titles at Allstate and its named business units. Readers can learn how senior leaders at Allstate build and run their teams.
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01—10Areeb Ahmed, CPA, CA
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Allstate Canada
Chief Financial Officer at Allstate Canada since August 2026, a role the profile lists at the C-level in finance and accounting. Ahmed was Interim CFO, Allstate Canada Group (ACG) and Director, Financial Analysis (Allstate) at Allstate Canada (2026), and Director, Business Planning & Analysis (BP&A), Accounting Research at Allstate Canada (2024–2026).
Chris Lown
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Allstate
Chief Financial Officer at Allstate since August 2026. Lown was Chief Financial Officer at CoStar Group (2024–2026), EVP and Chief Financial Officer at Freddie Mac (2020–2024) and EVP and Chief Financial Officer at Navient (2017–2020). The profile says Lown was a managing director in the Financial Institutions Group at Morgan Stanley before joining Navient in 2017.
Christopher Johnson
LinkedInExperience: Chief Digital Officer & Head of Direct-to-Consumer · Allstate
Chief Digital Officer & Head of Direct-to-Consumer at Allstate since November 2025, after serving as Chief Experience Officer & Head of Direct-to-Consumer at Allstate (2022–2025). The profile says the role is responsible for Allstate's direct-to-consumer business across allstate.com, contact centers, retail locations and Answer Financial. Johnson was Chief Digital Officer (CDO) Bass Pro Shops & Cabela's at Bass Pro Shops (2020–2022).
Jess Merten
LinkedInExperience: President, Property-Liability · Allstate
President, Property-Liability at Allstate since October 2025. Merten was Chief Financial Officer at Allstate (2022–2025), President, Allstate Financial Products (2020–2022), Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer at Allstate (2017–2020) and Senior Vice President & Treasurer at Allstate (2015–2019).
John Dugenske
LinkedInExperience: Chief Investment Officer · Allstate
Chief Investment Officer at Allstate since March 2017. Dugenske was Group Managing Director - Global Head of Fixed Income at UBS (2013–2017), Managing Director - Head of Americas Fixed Income at UBS (2009–2013) and Managing Director - Head of Fixed Income Research and Trading at DWS Group (1998–2003).
Karl Wiley
LinkedInExperience: EVP, Protection Services Group · Allstate
EVP, Protection Services Group at Allstate since August 2023, and President & CEO at SquareTrade since April 2020. The profile says that, in addition to serving as Global President & CEO of SquareTrade / Allstate Protection Plans, Wiley is responsible for Allstate Roadside and Allstate Dealer Services. Wiley was Chief Operating Officer at SquareTrade from 2018 to 2020.
Mario Rizzo
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operating Officer · Allstate
Chief Operating Officer at Allstate since October 2025, a role the profile lists at the C-level. Rizzo was President Property-Liability, The Allstate Corporation at Allstate (2022–2025), Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at The Allstate Corporation (2018–2023) and Senior Vice President and CFO, Allstate Personal Lines at Allstate (2014–2018).
Mark Etnyre
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer - Protection Services · Allstate
Chief Financial Officer - Protection Services at Allstate since April 2024, a role the profile lists at the executive level, and Chief Financial Officer at SquareTrade since September 2016. Etnyre was Chief Financial Officer at KIXEYE (2014–2016) and Senior Controller, OEM Division at Microsoft (1997–2007).
Patrick O'Hara
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Allstate Identity Protection
Chief Financial Officer at Allstate Identity Protection since September 2026, a role the profile lists at the C-level in finance and accounting. O'Hara was Director Corporate Development at Allstate (2022–2026) and Senior Manager Corporate Development at Allstate (2021–2022), and held Vice President roles at Waller Helms Advisors (2019–2021) and StoneRidge Advisors, LLC (2018–2019).
Scott Muhr
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer, Allstate Roadside · Allstate
Chief Financial Officer, Allstate Roadside and Chief Financial Officer, Allstate Dealer Services at Allstate since September 2024. Muhr was Chief Financial Officer, Avail at Allstate (2020–2024) and Senior Manager at Allstate - Protection Plans & Services (2019–2020). The profile describes Muhr as a finance executive focused on financial planning and analysis, strategic partnership and business metrics.
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- 01How does a large insurer divide responsibility between corporate finance and the CFOs of individual business units?
- 02What does a business line president at a personal lines insurer own day to day, and how is performance measured?
- 03How do insurance executives decide where to invest in direct-to-consumer, agency and partner channels?
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