Insurance
10 Nationwide executives
These ten current and former Nationwide executives include the CEO, an executive vice president and CFO, presidents of property and casualty, financial services, retirement and group benefits businesses, a chief risk officer and a chief information officer. A reader can learn how Nationwide executives build and run their teams in insurance companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Craig Hawley
LinkedInExperience: President and COO, Nationwide Financial · Nationwide
President and COO, Nationwide Financial at Nationwide since September 2025, and former President, Nationwide Annuity at Nationwide Financial (2024–2025). Hawley was also Head of Retirement Solutions Distribution at Nationwide Financial (2022–2024) and Head of Nationwide's Annuity Distribution at Nationwide (2019–2021). The profile says Hawley's career began in the practice of law.
Guru Vasudeva
LinkedInExperience: SVP & CIO, Property & Casualty · Nationwide
SVP & CIO, Property & Casualty at Nationwide since June 2023, and former SVP & CIO, Infrastructure & Operations at Nationwide (2019–2024); the profile describes the Infrastructure & Operations role as managing Cloud Computing, On-Prem Hosting, Digital Workplace Solutions and Networking. At Nationwide Vasudeva was also SVP & CIO, Program & Application Services (2015–2019) and SVP & Enterprise CTO (2011–2015).
John Carter
LinkedInExperience: President and COO, Nationwide Financial · Nationwide Financial
Former President and COO, Nationwide Financial (2019–2025) and President Emeritus, Nationwide Financial since September 2025. Carter was President, Nationwide Retirement Plans (2013–2019) and President, NFS Distributors Inc. (2005–2013) at Nationwide Financial, and the profile says Carter has more than 30 years of financial services experience.
Kevin Jestice, CFA, CIPM
LinkedInExperience: President, Retirement Solutions · Nationwide
President, Retirement Solutions at Nationwide since October 2025; the profile says that as President of Nationwide Financial Retirement Solutions Jestice has P&L responsibility for a national team of 1,200 associates. Jestice was SVP, Head of Investment Management Group (2023–2025) and VP, Internal Sales & Service (2020–2023) at Nationwide, and Principal, Head of Enterprise Advice at Vanguard (2017–2020).
Kirt Walker
LinkedInExperience: Chief Executive Officer · Nationwide
Chief Executive Officer at Nationwide since October 2019, a C-level role based in Columbus, Ohio. Walker was President & Chief Operating Officer, Financial Services at Nationwide Financial (2009–2019), President & Chief Operating Officer, Property & Casualty at Nationwide (2009) and President, Exclusive Operations, Property & Casualty at Nationwide (2008–2009).
Klaus Diem
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Chief Risk Officer · Nationwide
Senior Vice President, Chief Risk Officer at Nationwide since October 2019, a role in Finance & Accounting based in Columbus, Ohio. At Nationwide Diem was also Vice President, Chief Risk Officer, Nationwide Investments (2018–2019) and Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Planning and Administration, Nationwide Investments (2012–2018).
Lindsey Murray, FSA, MAAA
LinkedInExperience: President, Nationwide Group Benefits · Nationwide
President, Nationwide Group Benefits at Nationwide since July 2025, a role the profile lists at the President/Vice President level in General Management. Murray was Chief Operating Officer at Allstate Benefits (2024–2025), EVP Product, Pricing, and Underwriting at Allstate Benefits (2022–2024) and Senior Vice President Product Management at National General (2022).
Mark Berven
LinkedInExperience: President and Chief Operating Officer at Nationwide, leading P&C Insurance · Nationwide
President and Chief Operating Officer at Nationwide, leading P&C Insurance since September 2014; the profile says the role leads a Fortune 100 P&C organization going to market predominantly through independent agents. Berven was Executive Vice President - Chief Strategy and Product Officer (2012–2014) and Sr. Vice President, P&C Product and Pricing (2010–2012) at Nationwide.
Mark Thresher
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Nationwide
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Nationwide, a role listed from 2009 with no end date; the profile says that as CFO Thresher has been involved in one of the most significant transformations the company has undertaken in its 90-year history. Thresher was President, Nationwide Financial (2004–2009), Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Nationwide Financial (1999–2004) and Vice President and Treasurer at Nationwide (1996–1999).
Michael Mahaffey
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Chief Customer, Strategy, and Innovation Officer (CSIO) · Nationwide
Executive Vice President, Chief Customer, Strategy, and Innovation Officer (CSIO) at Nationwide since January 2024. At Nationwide Mahaffey was also Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer (2019–2024), Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Risk Officer, Senior Vice President - Risk, Capital, and Strategy (2014–2019) and Senior Vice President, Chief Risk Officer (2008–2019).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a large mutual insurer balance growth in property and casualty against its retirement and annuity businesses?
- 02How do insurance executives decide which distribution channels to invest in, from independent agents to direct sales?
- 03How does an insurer's risk organization work with business unit presidents on capital and pricing decisions?
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