May 06, 2010

New Regional Director to lead the Minneapolis Chapter

PRMIA announces today the appointment of Craig Stapleton as the new Regional Director of the Minneapolis Chapter. In his role as the Associate Portfolio Manager with Advantus Capital Management he is responsible for agency MBS, government and municipal bonds, derivatives hedging programs, asset allocation, portfolio analytics, and reviewing new asset classes. Craig has been part of the Minnesota Life General Account investment process for five years, during which he has been hedging insurance product risk with derivatives. In addition, he has provided analytical support for the general account including attribution, risk analysis, and an asset liability based strategic asset allocation process.

Craig holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Illinois and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. Prior to joining Advantus in 2005, he was an Associate Trader with Resource Trading Group and has been active in the financial industry since 2002. He is a CFA Charterholder, a member of the CFA Institute and CFA Society of Minnesota, and holds his Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designation from the Global Association of Risk Professionals.

PRMIA would like to acknowledge the Steering Committee members of the Minneapolis chapter that will help the chapter achieve their goals, please find the members below.
•Steve Lindo, Executive Director, PRMIA
•Christine Ahmann-Maples, Operational Risk Manager,Wells Fargo
•James Carson, Conslutant, RisQuant Energy
•George Rezek, Director, Risk MIS, ERM
•Richard Stahl, Managing Director, Commerical Credit, GMAC-RFC

PRMIA wishes Craig success in his role and looks forward to seeing activities in Minneapolis!

If you are interested in receiving information about the Minneapolis chapter including event invitations, please edit your profile to include the Minneapolis chapter. Steps to do this are:
•Login to your PRMIA user account
•Click the 'manage my profile' link underneath the welcome message
•Click the 'edit my profile' link
•In the chapter listings tick the box next to the Minneapolis chapter
•Scroll down and click the update button

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