Peter Hancock (CEO)

Peter Hancock

Peter D. Hancock is the current president and chief executive officer (CEO) of AIG.[1]

Biography

Hancock was born in London, but raised in Hong Kong.[2] He returned to the UK to attend Oxford University, where he received a B.A. in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics.[1][2]

Career

Hancock has spent his entire career in financial services, including 20 years at J.P. Morgan, where he founded the Global Derivatives Group in 1991.[2] He left J.P. Morgan in 2000 after serving as both chief financial officer and chief risk officer when the company merged with Chase Manhattan Bank. He then started a financial advisory firm with other J.P. Morgan alumni, before being recruited by KeyCorp during the financial crisis in 2008, where he became vice-chairman.[3][4]

In 2010, at the recommendation of officials at PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Hancock was hired on as executive vice-president of Finance, Risk and Investments at AIG by the then-CEO, Bob Benmosche.[3][5]

Honors

Hancock is a member of the Board of the Japan Society,[6] as well as a member of the International Advisory Board of BritishAmerican Business.[7] He is also a William Pitt Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Management Leadership". AIG. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Russolillo, Steven. "Meet Peter Hancock, AIG's New CEO". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 Ng, Serena. "AIG's Man in the 'Risk' Trenches". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 8 April 2015.(registration required)
  4. "Peter D. Hancock: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  5. Bansal, Paritosh. "RPT-AIG hiring KeyCorp exec to oversee finance, risk". Reuters. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  6. "Japan Society 2012-2013 Annual Report" (PDF). Japan Society. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  7. "International Advisory Board". About Us: BritishAmerican Business. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
Business positions
Preceded by
Robert H. Benmosche
CEO of AIG
2014 – present
Incumbent
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