Patrick Baird, the immediate past chairman of the American Council of Life Insurers, plans to retire from his post as chief executive officer of AEGON Americas Jan. 1, 2010, the company says.
AEGON Americas is a unit of AEGON N.V., The Hague, Netherlands.
Baird will continue to serve on the AEGON executive committee in 2010, the company says.
Mark Mullin, 46, who has been president of AEGON Americas since January, will take over as the CEO of AEGON Americas when Baird retires, AEGON says.