Finance | Insurance 2023: ELENA EDWARDS 

CHIEF MARKETS OFFICER AND REGIONAL CEO FOR NORTH AMERICA, ALLIANZ PARTNERS GROUP, HENRICO COUNTY

Published August 30, 2023 by Virginia Business

Edwards joined French travel insurance agency Allianz Partners in 2019 as general manager of the U.S. business unit. She was named CEO of Allianz Partners USA in June 2020 and took on the additional the role of regional CEO for North America in July 2021 before being appointed chief markets officer and a board member for the parent company in February 2022.

Allianz, which sells travel, health and life insurance, employed about 800 people in its Henrico headquarters as of last year.

An industry veteran, Edwards previously worked more than 30 years as an executive for General Electric and Genworth Financial. She served as senior vice president of Genworth’s long-term care insurance closed block business. She also worked as chief operating officer for the company’s U.S. life insurance division.

Edwards, who has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Union College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is a STEM advocate who serves as board vice president for the Science Museum of Virginia Foundation.

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