I am most excited about Transamerica’s redefinition of the value it can bring to its customers, which is based on a well-defined strategy that links financial and physical well-being.

The causes about which I’m most passionate include land preservation, health initiatives, and childhood education.

I relax and recharge by walking, playing golf, reading, and spending time with family and life-long friends.

Favorite quote:

“It is not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena...who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again...but who does actually strive to do the deeds...who spends himself in a worthy cause...so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” – Theodore Roosevelt

Mr. Brown is an investor and board member of Hightower Advisors and a director and investor for China Rapid Finance.

Doug Brown has spent over 30 years advising financial services companies. He currently serves as Chairman of DLB Capital LLC, which he founded to invest in start-ups that operate in underserved areas within the financial services industry. Mr. Brown established DLB Capital after retiring from Morgan Stanley as Vice Chairman of Investment Banking. His career at Morgan Stanley included running the global insurance practice. Prior to Morgan Stanley, he was an Executive Director with First Boston and he worked for GE Credit in strategic planning. He began his career at The Bank of New York.

He has a bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College.