Stacy LaiFook Headshot
Nationwide Annuity President Kush Kotecha has announced that Stacy LaiFook will lead the unit’s Business Development team, effective April 27. In this role, LaiFook is responsible for ensuring Nationwide’s Annuity business delivers strong top and bottom-line results by developing, designing and actively managing annuity solutions.
LaiFook brings more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry to the role. She is known as a results-driven leader with deep expertise in driving modernization, delivering high-quality results and empowering teams to perform at their best.
Most recently, LaiFook worked for Oliver Wyman as senior principal, where she led the firm’s annuity initiative with a focus on talent and business development. Most notably, she was MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company’s senior vice president of Product and Pricing, where she was responsible for annuity product strategy and execution, as well as performance across the product lifecycle. LaiFook oversaw the design, pricing and implementation of single premium immediate, registered index-linked, fixed indexed and fixed annuity products.
“Stacy is a purposeful leader and innovator who brings a combination of industry expertise, strategic vision and operational excellence to this role,” Kotecha said. “I am confident the Annuity Business Development team will continue to build on its successes and strong performance under her leadership.”
Before its acquisition by MassMutual in 2021, LaiFook served as vice president at Great American Life Insurance Company, where she played a key role in launching the firm’s Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) business. She contributed to the design and development of a PRT strategy, worked closely with sales to drive growth and helped scale the business to $1 billion in liabilities over four years.
LaiFook holds a bachelor’s degree in physics and astronomy from Tufts University. She is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a Member of the Academy of Actuaries.
Nationwide is a top 10 seller of annuity products in the United States1. Visit https://www.nationwide.com/personal/investing/annuities/ for more information about how Nationwide annuities can help investors make it easier to prepare for retirement.
1 LIMRA U.S. Individual Annuities Sales Survey, 2025 Year-End Rankings
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