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Rod Van Genderen

Head of Operational Risk, Securian Financial Group

Rod is currently the Head of the Operational Risk Program at Securian Financial Group in St Paul, Minnesota, a Fortune 500 financial services firm. He is responsible for leading strategy for all Operational Risk program elements and enabling risk informed decisions across the company. He has spoken on ERM and Operational Risk topics locally. Before joining Securian Financial, Rod was the Director at Principal Financial Group with 30 years of experience in various risk functions such as integrated risk management, SOX, operational risk, financial reporting, etc. and led several financial and risk teams. Rod has volunteered with the IASA, industry and community organizations for over 20 years. He has bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Psychology from the Central University of Iowa and is a licensed CPA, FLMI, HIA and ACS. Rod lives in Pella, IA with his wife Sheryl and 2 sons.

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