FINANCE/INSURANCE
ELENA EDWARDS
CEO, ALLIANZ PARTNERS,
HENRICO COUNTY
Henrico County-based travel insurance company Allianz Partners in June promoted Edwards to CEO of the German company’s U.S. business unit. Te company employs approximately 1,000 people in the Richmond region. Edwards joined Allianz Partners in 2019 as
the U.S. branch’s general manager. Before leading Allianz, she held executive positions at Richmond- based insurance company Genworth Financial and had a 30-year career at General Electric companies, including 17 in the insurance industry. Allianz Partners has operations centers in
35 countries, with 45 million customers each year in the U.S. Te company also offers tuition insur- ance, event ticket protection, registration protection and travel assistance services. Allianz Partners is a subsidiary of Munich, Germany-based insurance company Allianz SE, which had the equivalent of more than $2.5 trillion assets under management in 2019. In the Richmond area, Edwards has volunteered
on several nonprofit boards and is a vice president of the Science Museum of Virginia Foundation Board. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Union College.
MARK A. FRANTZ
GENERAL PARTNER AND CO-FOUNDER, BLUE DELTA CAPITAL PARTNERS, MCLEAN
In 2009, Frantz co-founded the McLean-based growth capital firm, which serves federal government clients. He has been involved with the firm’s largest invest- ments, including 42Six (acquired by CSC), Pacific Architects and Engineers (acquisition by Platinum Equity) and KTSi (acquired by Scitor Corp.). He was also a member of the board for CRSA
Holdings Inc., which was acquired by General Dynamics Corp. in 2018 for $9.7 billion. He currently serves on the board of ASGN Inc., which operates professional service companies such as Apex and ECS Federal. Before his time with Blue Delta, he worked with
several investment companies, including Te Carlyle Group, In-Q-Tel and RedShift Ventures. Locally, he has co-chaired the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s annual cybersecurity summit. Te University of Pittsburgh law grad also previ-
ously served as associate director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs for President George H.W. Bush and as the economic and technol- ogy policy adviser to Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge.
RICHARD FAIRBANK
CO-FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN AND CEO, CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP., TYSONS
Fairbank, a billionaire businessman and co-founder of Capital One, grew the American bank holding company from a startup to become the 11th-largest bank in the country by assets 26 years later. Ranked 97th on the Fortune 500, Capital One
is one of the largest publicly traded companies in the nation, specializing in credit cards, auto loans, bank- ing and savings accounts. Tough revenues climbed by more than 4% in 2019, Capital One’s earnings fell 8% from the previous year. Fairbanks stood by the figures, calling them “solid results,” and touted his company’s investment in digital offerings as a sign of its future success. Since the pandemic hit, Capital One has
weathered blistering criticism for its delayed and uneven initial rollout in issuing Paycheck Protection Program loans to small businesses. Te company rolled out its PPP application nearly two weeks after the program began, on the same day that the U.S. Small Business Administration said it had exhausted its initial $349 billion allocation from Congress. As of July, Capital One had processed an aggregate of 15,062 PPP loans.
ROB
FINNEGAN
CEO, WEST CREEK FINANCIAL, GLEN ALLEN
Finnegan in 2017 was named CEO of the Henrico County-based financial technology firm focused on consumer leasing. West Creek Financial specializes in leasing furniture, appliances, electronics and other items for retail partners across the U.S. It uses big data and artificial intelligence to optimize under- writing. In late 2019, Pollen Street Capital made a $150 million credit facility (long-term loan) to West Creek, which brought the company’s lending capacity to $250 million. In 2019, the firm had more than $200 million in revenue. After earning his bachelor’s degree in systems
engineering from the University of Virginia, he worked as a systems engineer for Mitre Corp. In 1994, however, he joined Capital One Financial Corp. (the year it was founded), serving in several executive lead- ership roles, including head of decision sciences. For nearly eight years prior to West Creek
Financial, Finnegan was managing partner of Richmond-based 2nd Order Solutions, which builds machine learning models to develop credit strategies for companies. He co-founded West Creek Financial and was a board member before becoming CEO.
THOMAS S. GAYNER
CO-CEO, MARKEL CORP., GLEN ALLEN
Gayner oversees investing activities for the Markel Corp., a Glen Allen-based Fortune 500 holding company for insurance, reinsurance and investment operations around the globe. He also oversees invest- ing for Markel Ventures’ wide range of industrial and services businesses. In 1990, Gayner joined Markel to form Markel
Gayner Asset Management, which provided equity investment counsel to Markel Corp. and outside clients. Prior to joining Markel, Gayner served as vice president of Davenport & Co. and as a CPA at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He serves as the chairman of the board for Davis
Series Mutual Funds as well as on the boards of the Colfax Corp., Graham Holdings and Cable One. He is a trustee of the Community Foundation for a greater Richmond and a member of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Virginia Retirement System. Markel had a banner 2019. Not only did revenue
for fiscal year 2019 rise 39.2% over the previous year to $9.53 billion, but Markel jumped 106 spots on the Fortune 500, from No. 441 to No. 335.
JEFF
GRINSPOON
MANAGING DIRECTOR AND PARTNER, VWG WEALTH MANAGEMENT AT HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, VIENNA
Grinspoon in 2011 started the Vienna-based firm, which manages $1.3 billion in custodied assets. In his role as managing director and partner, he works with business owners and executives to manage liquidity and execute wealth transfers. With more than 20 years of experience,
Grinspoon started his career with Legg Mason as a financial adviser and worked with Morgan Stanley for more than 10 years. He, along with Rick Weeks and John Verfurth, left Morgan Stanley in 2011 to form VWG Wealth Management after seeing a major shift in wealth management services following the 2008 Great Recession. Tis University of Maryland graduate now
serves on the board of advisers for his alma mater’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship. His philan- thropic work is focused on fundraising for the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Tis year he was ranked on Forbes’ Best-in-State
Wealth Advisor list and has made Barron’s Top 100 Independent Advisors list three times.
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