Axel André

Axel André was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company on September 7, 2021.

Previous to American Equity, André was Executive Vice President and CFO for Jackson National. Prior to that, he spent nearly 7 years at AIG. André joined AIG initially as Chief Risk Officer for Individual Retirement, Group Retirement, and Institutional Markets. He was promoted to Chief Financial Officer of Individual Retirement at AIG, where he was responsible for overseeing all aspects of the finance and actuarial value chain for the Individual Retirement business, including asset-liability management, hedging, reporting, and capital management. Prior to his time at AIG, André served as a Managing Director on the Global Insurance Strategies team at Goldman Sachs. Andre holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University and a Masters in Science in Physics from Imperial College in London.