Pooja Rahman brings more than two decades of risk management, finance, and legal experience in the insurance and investment industries. Her expertise lies in setting and implementing a company’s strategic risk appetite, deploying best-in-class talent and analytical platforms, building and maturing capital management models, and overseeing asset liability management, product pricing, investment risk, and hedging programs.

Pooja was named Transamerica’s chief risk officer in 2023 and leads the team responsible for developing and overseeing implementation of the enterprise risk management framework. She is a member of the Transamerica Management Board, and co-chairs the Transamerica Risk & Capital Committee and the Non-Financial Risk Committee.

She comes to Transamerica from Protective Life Corporation where she oversaw implementation of a strategic risk appetite that fostered organic and opportunistic growth. She also contributed to the establishment of an enterprise-level asset allocation process and was involved in oversight and reporting for a company-wide digital transformation. During her tenure there, she was named Insurance ERM’s Chief Risk Officer of the Year (2023).

Pooja is a member of the Federal Reserve Board’s Insurance Policy Advisory Committee (IPAC) and a board member of Easterseals. She has a Juris Doctor from Drake University Law School and was admitted to the Iowa State Bar in 2005. Additionally, she has a Master of Business Administration from the University of New Orleans and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Mumbai.

Pooja was born and raised in Mumbai and came to the United States in 1997. She called Des Moines home for 13 years and now lives in New Providence, NJ with her husband and their two children. She is an avid walker, enjoys traveling with her family, and cooking all cuisines.

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