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Gerald Petkau

Gerald Petkau BSc

Bioinformatics
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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Gerald Petkau is SVP and Chief Operating Officer (COO) and is responsible for Operations, IT and the Project Management/Business Process Excellence. Previously, he served as CFO from April 2009 through April 2016. Petkau joined Blue Cross NC in 2004, as Vice President of Corporate Actuarial and later assumed the roles of Vice President of Financial Services and Chief Corporate Actuary prior to becoming CFO. Prior to joining the Company, Petkau worked from 1992 - 2004 with The Canada Life Assurance Company, where he served in a variety of roles in three different countries, including Vice President, Group Insurance in the US, a role which included responsibility for Operations, Vice President, Corporate Actuarial and Vice President, Acquisitions in Canada, interim CFO in the UK and finally as CFO of the US Division.

Earlier in his career, he filled a variety of actuarial roles with Travelers and Great-West Life. Petkau has been an active volunteer at Crosspointe Church in Cary and is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. He is also an Illinois Registered CPA. He graduated from the University of Manitoba with a degree in Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics.
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