Bhalla is responsible for corporate finance, insurance, enterprise risk and capital management

Lincoln Financial Group has appointed Anant Bhalla as corporate treasurer and head of Risk Management.

In his new role, Bhalla is responsible for corporate finance, corporate insurance, treasury operations, liquidity management, enterprise risk and capital management, economic capital and pricing oversight. Bhalla reports to Randy Freitag, chief risk officer of Lincoln Financial.

Prior to joining Lincoln Financial, Bhalla was responsible for corporate treasury and enterprise risk management for Ameriprise Financial.

Fred Crawford, executive vice president and CFO of Lincoln Financial, said: “Anant Bhalla’s experience in treasury and strategic analysis, coupled with his extensive corporate finance and risk management background, makes him the ideal person to serve as treasurer for Lincoln Financial.”