The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI) noted a higher stock price Thursday, as the Bloomfield, Ct.-based company, a global health company, today announced leadership changes designed to further drive the company's focus on customers and patients and accelerate its growth strategy.
Brian Evanko has been named President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), The Cigna Group, with responsibility for all business lines reporting to Chairman and CEO David Cordani, effective March 31. In January 2024, Evanko was named President and Chief Executive Officer for Cigna Healthcare with oversight of all Cigna Healthcare businesses. Evanko also serves as the company's Chief Financial Officer, a role he has held since 2021. Since joining the company in 1998, Evanko has served in a variety of key commercial and functional leadership roles in the U.S. and abroad.
Ann Dennison has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The Cigna Group, reporting to David Cordani and joining the company's Enterprise Leadership Team. In this capacity, Dennison will have responsibility for all enterprise financial operations and functions. Prior to joining Cigna in early 2024 as Deputy CFO, Dennison was Executive Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer at NASDAQ, where she led a global team responsible for corporate finance, treasury, planning and analysis, investor relations, ESG reporting, procurement and real estate.
She joined NASDAQ in 2015 as Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, and prior to that, she was a Managing Director and Head of Financial Reporting at Goldman Sachs.
CI shares grabbed 81 cents Thursday to $311.86.
