Robert A. Lonergan — Executive VP & Chief Strategy Officer at Assurant

Mr. Robert A. Lonergan has been Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President at Assurant, Inc. since July 02, 2016. Mr. Lonergan is responsible for shaping its enterprise strategy with a focus on driving long-term profitable growth at Assurant. During his tenure at Assurant, he has helped lead 17 mergers and acquisitions transactions and growth investments that have helped it refocus its business strategy on the global housing and lifestyle markets. Mr. Lonergan serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer. Prior to this, he served as Senior Vice President, growth and innovation and led a team responsible for driving growth initiatives across the enterprise with a buy, build, invest and partner strategy. In that role, he also established a growth investing team to identify opportunities for investing in high-growth potential, early stage companies to generate both strategic and financial returns for Assurant. Prior to that role, he served as Vice President, sourcing at Assurant, establishing an M&A sourcing function to ensure the strategic alignment of transactions with its business strategy and to adopt a proactive mindset in regards to M&A deals. Before joining Assurant in 2012, Mr. Lonergan worked at Bain & Company, Inc. There he helped start and grow its private equity practice in Atlanta, leading due diligence activities on more than 25 potential acquisitions. He began his career working at Credit Suisse First Boston working as a mergers and acquisition Analyst. Mr. Lonergan holds a MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Economics from Davidson College.