Lisa Longino Appointed CIO of Merged Equitable-Corebridge Company

Equitable Holdings Inc. and Corebridge Financial Inc. announced Tuesday the leadership team for the company resulting from their merger, including the appointment of Lisa Longino as CIO. Longino has served as Corebridge’s CIO since 2023 and will assume her role with the new company, operating under the Equitable name, upon completion of the merger, which was announced on March 26.

Longino will lead investment strategy for the company’s approximately $366 billion general account. The new entity will have more than 12 million customers in combined retirement, life, wealth and asset management businesses and $1.5 trillion in assets under management and administration.

Prior to joining Corebridge, Longino served as head of global investment strategy for Prudential Financial after spending more than 22 years at MetLife. She was also an assistant portfolio manager at Independent Life.

Tuesday’s announcement shared other leadership team appointments. Seth Bernstein will continue to serve as CEO of AllianceBernstein, the combined company’s global asset management business, and Onur Erzan, appointed president of AllianceBernstein in January, will continue in that role.

The leaders of the company will include:

John Byrne to lead individual distribution, including annuities and life insurance;
David Ditillo as chief information technology officer;
Jeffrey Hurd as chief operating officer and chief human resources officer;
David Karr to lead wealth management;
Polly Klane as general counsel and chief legal officer;
Bryan Pinsky to lead individual retirement and life insurance;
Steve Scanlon to lead group retirement and employee benefits; and
Julia Zhang as chief risk officer.

“When two organizations come together, our focus must go beyond combining capabilities to include the culture that will give those capabilities meaning and purpose,” said Mark Pearson, Equitable’s president and CEO, who will serve as the new company’s executive chair, in a statement. “Our leadership team understands this responsibility and is committed to creating a new culture that draws on the strengths of both organizations.”

The all-stock merger is expected to close by the end of 2026, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals. Corebridge had more than $380 billion in AUM and AUA, and Equitable had $1.1 trillion in AUM and AUA as of March 31.

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