Meet Joseph E. Celentano
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Joseph E. Celentano
Senior Vice President, Product, Risk, Financial, and Information Management
Investment Management Division
Pacific Life Insurance Company

Education
Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY
   B.S., business administration, 1985
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
   M.B.A., finance, 1986

Business History
Mr. Celentano joined Pacific Life in 1992 as assistant vice president, Product Management in the Institutional Products Division.  In 1999, he was promoted to vice president, Structured Products and was named senior vice president, Product Management in 2006.

Currently, Mr. Celentano heads a variety of functional areas within the Investment Management Division including Product Management, Actuarial, Accounting and Reporting, Operations and Compliance, and Information Technology.  Mr. Celentano is responsible for the division's financial and investment accounting and reporting, risk management, information technology, trade operations, and compliance functions.  In addition, he oversees the institutional investment and annuity products offered by the division.  Finally, he oversees the division's budget, business plans, and strategic direction.

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 has served as an adjunct professor at the University of California, Irvine in the areas of accounting and investments.

General
Director:  FHLB Topeka, Risk Advisory Board
Mission Viejo Community Foundation, chairman

 


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