Geoffrey Radbill

GEOFFREY H. RADBILL 
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer 
AXA-Equitable

Geoffrey Radbill retired in 2004, after 36 years with AXA-Equitable, a global financial services company. Most recently, he was a Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the company’s domestic retail sales force.

Currently, his time is divided between philanthropic work (National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Bowling Green State University [BGSU], Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity Foundation and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center), enjoying all that NYC has to offer, travelling and bicycling.

During Mr. Radbill’s business career, he held various managerial positions with AXA-Equitable in Massachusetts, California, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania:

• 1984: He was appointed to lead the Equitable’s Service Operations Area, where he was responsible for life underwriting and issue, premium collections, policy service and claims.
• 1987: Mr. Radbill joined Equitable’s largest sales office as its Chief Operating Officer (Karr Barth Associates in Philadelphia), where he managed all aspects of its support operations.
• October 1993: He assumed the role of Team Leader for the Workstation Project, which delivered state-of-the-art service and sales support to the Sales Force.
• February 1995: Mr. Radbill was named head of the Sales Resource Center, responsible for providing administrative, financial and technology support to Sales Operations Headquarters and Branch Offices.
• September 1997: his responsibilities were expanded to include management of Equitable’s Life Insurance Service Centers in Charlotte, North Carolina, New York City, Des Moines, Iowa and Fresno, California.
• July 1998: He headed the Distribution Resource Center where he was responsible for servicing policy owners, sales representatives, sales managers and home office distribution management.
• September 1999: Mr. Radbill was charged with heading the Field Force Planning and Analysis Area, responsible for designing and developing the strategic initiatives that supported the Career Sales Force.
• November, 2000: Mr. Radbill was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Grant Thornton Advisors (a joint venture of AXA-Equitable and Grant Thornton, LLP). In this capacity, he was responsible for creating, developing and implementing the infrastructure required by Grant Thornton Advisors to execute additional distribution through the creation of a new sales force working primarily with client referrals from Grant Thornton Partners.
• October 2001: He assumed responsibilities as Head of Field Force Operations, acting as the “Chief Operating Officer” for the Head of Retail Distribution. 
• May 2003: Prior to retirement, Mr. Radbill assumed responsibilities for Human Resources / Retail Distribution Strategic Initiatives.

Mr. Radbill earned a B.S. Degree in Finance from Bowling Green State University (Ohio) in 1968, where he is an active and contributing member of the Alumni Association. He was honored as an Accomplished Graduate in 2006 and among the One-hundred Most Prominent Alumni during BGSU’s Centennial Celebration in 2010. He is a member of the College of Business/Finance Department’s Advisory Council and previously was a six-year member of the University Foundation Board, with four years as Development Committee Chair and as a member of the Executive Committee. He attended the M.B.A. program at the College of Insurance (now affiliated with St. John’s University–New York) and Columbia University Graduate School’s Marketing and Financial Development programs.

Active in civic affairs, Mr. Radbill was a leading fundraiser for The National Multiple Sclerosis Society in Philadelphia, serving as Chairperson of the Development Committee, Board Vice-Chair and Board Chair-Elect. Since retiring in 2004, he has worked on special projects for the New York City/Southern New York Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. In December 2011, he was elected to the MS Board, appointed to its Executive Committee, and named Development Committee Chair.

Mr. Radbill strives to return to BGSU on an annual basis, spending “face-time” in Finance and Management classes with students. He is active with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and his college fraternity, Zeta Beta Tau, on an as-needed basis. Radbill was previously a Registered Investment Advisor, Registered Representative and a Registered Securities Principal of the N.A.S.D. (renamed FINRA); a member of the American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters and Chartered Financial Consultants; and the “Alexis de Tocqueville Society” of the United Way.

Mr. Radbill resides in New York City.