Lincoln Financial hires DC product head

Lincoln Financial Group has hired Cynthia King to be head of products for the Philadelphia-based company’s Employer Markets Defined Contribution and Executive Benefits Business segment. Ms. King will be responsible for defined contribution and executive benefit product management, product development and pricing, product profitability management, and enterprise-wide funds management. She arrived at Lincoln from Towers Perrin where she was a principal and worked as a client relationship manager in the firm's Philadelphia consulting office. She also worked as a retirement consultant for clients with design strategies, funding policies, accounting requirements for pension plans, retiree welfare plans and executive retirement plans. Lincoln Financial Group has over $237 billion in assets under management.