American Express Retirement Services Announces New Vice President for Northeastern Territory; New Addition to Retirement Plan and Investment Services Distribution: Greg Buzzell.MINNEAPOLIS -- American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. Retirement Services today announced that Greg Buzzell has joined the firm as vice president, sales in the retirement plan and investments distribution arm of American Express Retirement Services. Buzzell will be located in the Boston area and serve the Northeast territory including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). , Massachusetts and Maine. Buzzell will report to Janet McCune, group vice president. "Greg adds a wide range of experience in institutional products, along with an extensive network of contacts within the defined contribution consultant community," said Steven J. Moen, vice president and national sales manager, American Express Retirement Services. "As we further grow American Express' leadership in retirement benefits, we are very excited to have him play a significant role in our distribution efforts in the Northeast." With sixteen years of institutional distribution experience, Buzzell comes to American Express from Equiserve where he was a national account manager for sales responsible for sales of stock transfer services to the large company marketplace. Prior to Equiserve, Buzzell held posts distributing defined contribution plan Defined contribution plan A pension plan whose sponsor is responsible only for making specified contributions into the plan on behalf of qualifying participants. Related: Defined benefit plan services and investments for both CitiStreet and FleetBoston. Buzzell started his sales career at Xerox Corporation where he managed major accounts in specific vertical markets. About American Express Retirement Services American Express Retirement Services, a service group of American Express Financial Advisors Inc., provides corporations, unions and municipalities, and their nearly 900,000 workers nationwide with a complete package of financial education, recordkeeping, investments and trustee services for their qualified retirement plans, as well as workplace financial education programs through American Express Financial Advisors and American Express Trust Company. For more information on American Express Retirement Services, visit www.americanexpress.com/sponsors. American Express is pursuing a spin-off to shareholders of the AEFA AEFA American Express Financial Advisors AEFA Asociación Española de Farmacéuticos Analistas AEFA Average Emission Factor Approach AEFA Advanced Engineering Flight Activity AEFA Fleet Replenishment Ship (Royal Navy) unit. The transaction is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2005, subject to certain conditions. The company will begin operating as Ameriprise Financial, Inc. on August 1. For more information, visit www.ameriprise.com. First use 6/05 Registered investments and financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against services are offered through American Express Financial Advisors Inc., Member NASD NASD See: National Association of Securities Dealers NASD See National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). . American Express Company is separate from American Express Financial Advisors Inc. and is not a broker-dealer. Retirement plan and trust-related services are offered through American Express Trust Company. |
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