Corporate headquarters of Transamerica Corp. in downtown Baltimore. Photo: ShutterstockExperienced Finance Attorney to Lead Legal Department at Transamerica
Karyn Polak served as the deputy general counsel of PNC Bank in Philadelphia and also served as chief counsel of the bank’s asset management group.
August 14, 2019 at 04:45 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Corporate Counsel
A Baltimore-based financial services company has made an experienced industry attorney its next senior vice president and general counsel.
Karyn Polak will start her new role at Transamerica on Sept. 9. As general counsel, she will oversee a legal department of over 275 legal and compliance professionals and be responsible for the legal, compliance, ethics and corporate secretary functions.
“I’m looking forward to joining the exceptional leadership team at Transamerica at this key moment in its journey and contributing to its mission of helping people achieve a lifetime of financial security through smart financial planning and a healthy lifestyle,” Polak said in an email to Corporate Counsel on Wednesday.
Most recently, Polak served as the deputy general counsel of PNC Bank in Philadelphia and also served as chief counsel of the bank’s asset management group. She has also worked in-house at Citigroup Inc. and has held associate roles at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Clifford Chance.
Polak will report to Jay Orlandi. Orlandi is the company’s chief administrative and legal officer of Transamerica, according to his LinkedIn profile. He became the general counsel of the company in 2005 and was promoted to his current role in 2018.
Transamerica is a company offering life insurance and retirement and investment solutions. Transamerica is a part of the Aegon group of companies. Aegon is based in the Netherlands and operates in 20 markets worldwide.
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