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Deals and People June 15, 2023
NFP Promotes Keeling to Retirement Division CIO
The move comes under the leadership of new president Joel Shapiro, who was appointed last month.
Reported by Noah Zuss
Geoff Keeling
NFP Retirement Inc., the retirement division for insurance broker and consultant NFP Corp. named Geoff Keeling CIO, a company spokesperson confirmed on Thursday. Keeling was promoted to the role, effective May 18.
“As Chief Investment Officer, Keeling heads NFP’s investment practice and is responsible for overseeing the Investment Committee,” the spokesperson said, lauding Keeling’s “over 25 years of institutional investment experience.”
Prior to the new role, Keeling, who has been at NFP for almost nine years, was a director of investment research at NFP. Before that, he was a portfolio manager for an Invesco large-cap mutual fund.
Keeling was promoted to the role because of his experience in retirement investment, specifically, and the financial industry, generally, the spokesperson added.
Keeling reports to Joel Shapiro, the firm’s recently appointed president of its retirement division. NFP named Shapiro to the role last month.
Keeling has replaced Jeffrey Elvander, according to the spokesperson, who had been the division’s CIO since 2003, according to his LinkedIn profile. Elvander’s last day at NFP was May 18.
Keeling’s previous role as director of investments was filled by Kyle Olson, according to the spokesperson.