R. Glenn Hilliard has served as chairman of Conseco's board of directors since September 2003. During the period from August 2004 until September 2005 he served as executive chairman and at all other times since September 2003 he has served as non-executive Chairman. Hilliard has been chairman and chief executive officer of Hilliard Group LLC an investment and consulting firm since 2003.
Hilliard's career in the insurance industry began in 1968 when he joined Liberty Life Insurance Company as an attorney. During his 21-year tenure with the company he served in many roles and was elected president and CEO in 1982.
After Liberty Life Hilliard served as president and CEO of Security Life of Denver an ING company for four years before being appointed as president and CEO of ING America Life in 1993. One year later he was appointed chairman and CEO of ING North America encompassing the U.S. Mexico and Canada. He was appointed to chairman and CEO of ING Americas in 1999 and served until his retirement in 2003.
Hilliard serves as a trustee of Columbia Funds Series Trust Columbia Funds Master Investment Trust Columbia Funds Variable Insurance Trust I (formerly Nations Separate Account Trust) and Banc of America Funds Trust. He graduated from the Young President's Organization to the World's President's Organization and is a member of the Society of International Business Fellows. He is a member of the American and South Carolina Bar Associations.
Hilliard has a bachelor of arts degree from Clemson University in South Carolina and earned a law degree from George Washington University Law School in Washington D.C. He also participated in the Executive Program at the University of Virginia.
An active supporter of civic and fine arts organizations Hilliard is a member of the board of directors of Piedmont Healthcare the Board of Trustees of Woodruff Arts Center and the board of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. He is a Past President of the Clemson University Foundation. |