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LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 16, 2009--
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) announced today that Raja Rajamannar has been
appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation and Marketing
Officer, effective April 27.
In his new role, Rajamannar will be responsible for leading the
company’s Innovation Center, as well as its Marketing, Corporate
Communications and Government Relations organizations. He will report to
Mike McCallister, Humana’s President and Chief Executive Officer.
Rajamannar comes to Humana with 24 years of global business management
experience, including the last 15 years with Citigroup, the New
York-based banking conglomerate.
“Raja’s success in developing and marketing consumer-focused strategies
for Citigroup is highly aligned with our industry leadership in
consumerism and innovation,” McCallister said. “As Humana broadens its
scope from ‘just’ health benefits to include health-improvement programs
for individuals and communities that emphasize measurement and rewards,
Raja is ideally suited to play a transformational leadership role – in
our company and our industry.”
Rajamannar was most recently Executive Vice President and Chief
Marketing Officer for the Global Cards division of Citigroup. As
Executive Vice President of Citigroup’s Credit Cards Business from 2006
to 2008, he managed the bank’s value, cash and rewards business, as well
as the automotive and telecommunications sectors. He also headed the new
product development and new payment technologies groups. From 2003 to
2005 he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup’s Diners
Club North America business.
A native of India, Rajamannar holds a Master of Business Administration
degree from the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore. He received
a bachelor of technology degree in chemical engineering from Osmania
University in Hyderabad.
About Humana
Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the
nation’s largest publicly traded health and supplemental benefits
companies, with approximately 10.6 million medical members.
Humana is a full-service benefits-solutions company, offering a wide
array of health and supplementary benefit plans for employer groups,
government programs and individuals.
Over its 48-year history, Humana has consistently seized opportunities
to meet changing customer needs. Today, the company is a leader in
consumer engagement, providing guidance that leads to lower costs and a
better health plan experience throughout its diversified customer
portfolio.
More information regarding Humana is available to investors via the
Investor Relations page of the company’s Web site at www.humana.com.
Source: Humana Inc.
Humana Corporate Communications
Tom Noland, 502-580-3674
tnoland@humana.com
or
Humana
Investor Relations
Regina Nethery, 502-580-3644
rnethery@humana.com
