Phil Passafiume assumed the role of executive vice president, chief investment officer for Protective Life Corporation on March 1, 2022, having most recently served as the company’s senior vice president, chief investment officer since June 2020. He has also previously held the title of senior vice president, director of fixed income, where he was responsible for general account investments pertaining to corporate bonds, MBS, ABS, CMBS, CLOs, private placements and bank loans. Passafiume, who has more than 23 years of investment management experience, serves on Protective’s P&A, ALM, investment policy, retirement, enterprise risk management and internal controls committees. Prior to joining Protective Life in 2003, he was a senior analyst/portfolio manager for ING Investment Management in Atlanta, Georgia.
In addition to being a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Passafiume has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Kentucky and a master’s degree in finance from Georgia State University. He is on the investment committee for United Way of Central Alabama and serves as vice president/board member of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama, a member of the board of directors of the EyeSight Foundation of Alabama Board of Trustees, and as the diocesan finance trustee of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama.