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Investment Management Division Leadership
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MARK HOLMLUND, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
Willamette University, BA, Economics, 1983. University of California, Los Angeles, MBA, 1985. Mr. Holmlund joined Pacific Life in 1993 as Assistant Vice President, Portfolio Management. In 1995, he was promoted to Vice President, Asset/Liability Strategies, and in 2000 to Executive Vice President, Institutional Products Division. In 2005, he was promoted to Executive Vice President, Investment Management Division. In 2007, he became Chief Investment Officer and is responsible for overseeing the Company’s General Account investment portfolio, institutional product offerings, and its investment affiliate, Pacific Asset Management. Mr. Holmlund has 25 years of investment experience and has also worked at Merrill Lynch and Daiwa Securities America.

   

JOE CELENTANO, Senior Vice President, Products, Risk, Financial & Information Management
Marist College, BA, Business Administration, 1985. University of Notre Dame, MBA, Finance, 1986. Mr. Celentano joined Pacific Life in 1992 as Assistant Vice President and was responsible for developing alternative stable value products. Mr. Celentano was promoted to Vice President in 1999 as his product management role expanded. In 2006, Mr. Celentano was promoted to Senior Vice President and currently oversees a multitude of operating and functional areas within the Division, including Product Management, Risk Management, Financial Reporting, Information Technology and Operations. Prior to joining Pacific Life, Mr. Celentano held senior consultant and senior researcher positions at Travelers Insurance Company and CIGNA in Hartford, CT. Mr. Celentano also serves as a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank Topeka’s Risk Management Advisory Board and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the local community foundation. He has served as an adjunct professor at the University of California, Irvine in the areas of accounting and investments.

   

TOD NASSER, Senior Vice President, Portfolio Management
University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, B.S.E., Finance and Decision Science, 1983. Mr. Nasser joined Pacific Life in August, 1991 as Assistant Vice President, Asset/Liability Management in the Pension Investments area. He was promoted to Vice President, Asset/Liability Strategies in 1995 and in January 2004, he was named Chief Derivatives Officer with responsibility for managing and coordinating all aspects of the use of derivatives at Pacific Life. In 2005, Mr. Nasser joined the Investment Management Division as Vice President, Portfolio Management with responsibility over Pacific Life’s general account portfolios. Mr. Nasser was promoted to Senior Vice President, Portfolio Management in 2008. He continues to oversee the general account and advises Pacific Life’s product divisions and subsidiaries on product design, investment opportunities, and hedging strategies. Prior to working for Pacific Life, Mr. Nasser was employed by First Boston Corporation as Vice President in charge of strategy for municipal bond sales and trading. He was also head strategist for Financial Futures and Options.

   

REX A. OLSON, Vice President, Pacific Asset Management
University of Southern California, BS, Finance, 1986, MBA 2001. Mr. Olson joined Pacific Life in 2000. As Pacific Life’s former head of credit research, Mr. Olson was responsible for overseeing High Grade, Private Placements, High-Yield and Leveraged Loans. In 2007, Mr. Olson became a Senior Managing Director for Pacific Asset Management. He oversees Pacific Asset Management’s Fixed Income business and is a member of its Investment Committee. Prior to joining Pacific Life, Mr. Olson held portfolio management and analyst positions at GE Capital and Transamerica, and has over 20 years of investment and banking experience.

   

RONN CORNELIUS, Principal, Montauk TriGuard
California State University at Long Beach, BS in Finance, 1984, and MBA in Finance, 1987. Mr. Cornelius joined Pacific Life in 1988, serving as Managing Director of Equities and Co-Chairman of the Workout Committee. Mr. Cornelius is currently Principal at Montauk TriGuard, an affiliate of Pacific TriGuard which manages private equity investments.

   

SAMUEL TANG, Principal, Montauk TriGuard
University of California, Los Angeles, MBA in Finance and University of Southern California, BS in Accounting, 1983. Mr. Tang joined Pacific Life in 1999, serving as Managing Director of Equities and Co-Chairman of the Workout Committee. Mr. Tang is currently Principal at Montauk TriGuard, an affiliate of Pacific TriGuard which manages private equity investments. Previously, he was Managing Partner of The Shidler Group, a private equity firm focused on finance, insurance and real estate industries.

   

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