AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co. announced that Chris Winans will join the company in a newly created position heading external affairs. Mr. Winans will join the company on July 29, 2008 and become senior vice president, external affairs, subject to board approval in September.
Prior to joining AXA Equitable, Mr. Winans was vice president, media relations, at American International Group. Prior to joining AIG in early 2005, he was a vice president in Lehman Brothers’ equity research division, covering property/casualty insurers. Mr. Winans previously held a similar position briefly at Williams Capital following three years as an equity analyst on the property/casualty sector at Morgan Stanley and, before that, at PaineWebber.-PR Newswire
