Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU) has named Timothy P. Harris as
executive vice president and general counsel, succeeding Susan Blount,
who is retiring from Prudential in January of next year after a
distinguished 30-year career at Prudential, the last decade of which has
been as general counsel. Harris will assume his role on October 1 and
report to Chairman and CEO John Strangfeld.
“Prudential has benefited greatly from Susan’s sound judgment, expertise
and leadership for three decades, and we are deeply grateful for her
distinguished service to the company. Over the past 20 years in
particular, she has worked closely with the Board of Directors on a
broad range of matters, including Prudential’s historic demutualization
in 2001 and many complex issues that followed our becoming a publicly
held company,” said Strangfeld.
“It is a great credit to Susan that we have a talented bench within our
law and compliance departments, and can seamlessly transition the role
of general counsel to Tim,” Strangfeld added. “Over the course of his 27
years at Prudential, Tim has helped guide our businesses through
significant changes and business initiatives. His most recent assignment
as deputy general counsel and chief legal officer for Prudential’s U.S.
Businesses has prepared him well for his new role.”
Blount joined Prudential in 1985 as an attorney in the company’s
commercial real estate operations and was appointed general counsel in
2005. She was elected executive vice president in June 2013. She began
her career as an associate at the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis in
Chicago.
Throughout her career, she has made significant contributions to
promoting diversity in the legal profession. Under her leadership,
Prudential’s law department has been recognized for its commitment to
diversity and inclusion by organizations such as the Minority Corporate
Counsel Association and the National Association of Women Lawyers.
Blount has served on the Board of Trustees of Montclair State University
for the past 18 years. She has also served on the boards of a number of
civic and professional organizations, including NJLEEP, a Newark-based
program that uses law-related educational programming to prepare
inner-city high school students for college.
Harris, who joined Prudential in 1988, was appointed deputy general
counsel and chief legal officer for Prudential’s U.S. Businesses in
2008. He was named chief operating officer of Law, Compliance, Business
Ethics and External Affairs in 2014. Prior to assuming his current role,
Harris was chief investment counsel for Prudential and previously served
as chief legal officer for Prudential Annuities. Before joining
Prudential, he was an associate at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in New
York. Harris holds a bachelor’s degree in government from Georgetown
University and earned his law degree from Georgetown University Law
Center.
Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial services leader with
more than $1 trillion of assets under management as of June 30, 2015,
has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
Prudential’s diverse and talented employees are committed to helping
individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth
through a variety of products and services, including life insurance,
annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds and investment
management. In the U.S., Prudential’s iconic Rock symbol has stood for
strength, stability, expertise and innovation for more than a century.
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