Lincoln Financial Group announced that Christopher Neczypor will be appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, effective February 17, 2023. Neczypor, who currently serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, will succeed Randal Freitag, who is leaving the company. Freitag will remain with Lincoln Financial through the end of the first quarter of 2023 and will work closely with Neczypor to ensure a smooth transition.

Neczypor will continue to report to President and CEO Ellen Cooper and will continue to be a member of the company's Senior Management Committee. He will be responsible for corporate finance, corporate tax, corporate actuarial, accounting, treasury, investor relations, mergers and acquisitions and corporate development. Neczypor has more than 20 years of industry experience.

He joined Lincoln Financial in 2018 as Head of Investment Risk and Strategy, a role in which he worked closely with the company's businesses in developing asset strategies alongside new product development and asset and liability management (ALM) needs. He also oversaw the company's Structured Credit and Alternative Investment portfolios, accelerating growth strategies and expanding portfolio construction frameworks. Neczypor was named Chief Strategy Officer in 2021, and in this role he shaped and led the organization's long-term enterprise strategic direction and built dedicated teams focused on corporate development and mergers and acquisitions, which will move with him as he steps into the CFO role.

Over the course of his career, Neczypor has specialized in the insurance industry. Before joining Lincoln Financial, he held portfolio management and investment roles at both Kingdon Capital Management and Emrys Partners. Earlier in his career, Neczypor was the senior sell-side analyst for insurance at Goldman Sachs.

His deep knowledge of Lincoln Financial dates back 15 years throughout his time as an analyst and investor, covering the life insurance sector. He started his career as a Certified Public Accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), auditing and providing assurance work for global insurance clients. Neczypor holds a Bachelor of Science in finance and accounting from Lehigh University.