Robert G. Leary

President and Chief Operating Officer
ING U.S.

Robert G. Leary is president and chief operating officer of ING U.S., a role he began in April 2011. Prior to that, he served as chief executive officer of ING U.S. from January 2010 through March 2011. Previously, he served as chief executive officer of ING Investment Management for more than two years, responsible for all aspects of its approximately $200 billion of assets under management in North and South America.

Before joining ING, he held senior leadership positions with several large financial institutions. Most recently, he served as executive vice president and head of North American Corporate and Investor Marketing for AIG Financial Products Corp. where his units focused on creating and providing investment products and services to institutional investors. He also served as president of their broker-dealer, AIG Financial Securities Corporation. Before AIG, Leary was with J.P. Morgan, responsible for designing and distributing structured investment solutions to pension plans and investment managers. He began his career as a lawyer with White & Case, where he helped establish the firm's Middle East presence with an office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Leary received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, NY, and he is a graduate of Union College, NY, with an honors degree in political science.