John Guyot

John Guyot has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Security Benefit Corporation since 2008, having joined the Company’s Law Department in late 2003. Previously, he served in The Fairchild Corporation’s legal department and with several law firms in Washington, DC (e.g., Winston & Strawn). John’s practice has focused principally on financial services regulation and corporate governance, finance, and transactions.

John grew up in Johnson County, Kansas, and graduated with honors from each of The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania (BS Finance 1984) and Duke Law School (JD 1987). In addition to serving Security Benefit, John has served as Chairman of the Board and President of The Villages, Inc., a nonprofit that runs seven group homes for adolescents in need of care; on the board of directors of The United Way of Greater Topeka (the “UWGT”) and as Chairman of the UWGT’s Community Impact Committee; as Co-Chair of the Legal Section of the American Council of Life Insurers; and on the boards of the Association of Life Insurance Counsel and the Kansas Chamber of Commerce. Today, he serves as Chairman of the Board of the Kansas Insurance & Financial Services Education Foundation.