First American Financial adds Pacific Life CEO to its board

First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF) has appointed Darryl D. Button to its board of directors, the Santa Ana, California-based company announced.

Button has served as president and chief executive officer of Pacific Mutual Holding Company, the parent company of Pacific Life Insurance Company and Pacific Life & Annuity Company, since April 2022. Before that role, he served as Pacific Life's chief financial officer from 2017 to 2021.

Prior to joining Pacific Life, Button served as chief financial officer of Aegon N.V., a global financial services holding company headquartered in the Netherlands, from 2013 to 2016, concluding a 17-year tenure with the company. His responsibilities at Aegon included global finance, capital and liquidity management, actuarial, reporting, treasury, tax, and investor relations.

Dennis J. Gilmore, executive chairman of First American Financial Corporation, commented on the appointment: "Darryl's extensive leadership experience, including his insight in spearheading strategy and transformation across complex global financial services and insurance enterprises, will further deepen our board's expertise as First American continues to innovate and deploy new technologies across its business."

Button currently serves on the boards of Pacific Mutual Holding Company and its principal insurance subsidiaries and is chairman of the Pacific Life Foundation. He holds a bachelor of mathematics in actuarial science from the University of Waterloo and is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.

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