Paul J. Gennaro is senior vice president, Brand and Corporate Communications, and chief brand and communications officer for Voya Financial (NYSE: VOYA). Serving the financial needs of approximately 13.8 million individual and institutional customers in the U.S., Voya is a Fortune 500 company with $7.5 billion in revenue in 2019 and $538 billion in assets under management and administration as of March 31, 2020.
Mr. Gennaro oversees internal and external communications, brand, advertising, research and consumer insights, meetings and events for Voya. He is a strategic advisor to senior management, protecting the company’s reputation with stakeholders. He also serves in a chief of staff capacity, managing Voya’s Executive Committee and Enterprise Leadership Team (ELT).
Mr. Gennaro has held top global roles for much of his career, overseeing more than 50 M&A-related transactions, an award-winning initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, a CEO transition, a global rebrand, and multiple new business launches and integrations. He is a board member for Ethisphere LLC, parent of the Ethisphere Institute, which annually selects the World’s Most Ethical Companies. He also serves on the board of directors for Disability:IN,
a national nonprofit that helps the business community drive performance by leveraging disability inclusion
in the workplace, supply chain and marketplace; on the board of advisors for the Emory University Center for Ethics; and as a trustee for the Institute for Public Relations.