[GRTV] From infantry to insurance, protection is a common thread
Four months after stepping into Naomi Ballentyne’s shoes, new Partners Life CEO Michael Weston, says he’d be naive to say the idea of taking the company forward wasn’t a bit daunting.
However, the amount of time and care and consideration that she, the board and other executives gave to ease the transition, explain the history of the business and make him feel comfortable to take up the torch was incredibly helpful, he says.
Having got to know Ballentyne in the past six months, Weston they are very different people and he can only be himself.
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