Craig T. Beazer is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Lincoln Financial Group. He oversees all activities for the legal, compliance, government relations and corporate secretary functions of the company, and provides strategic counsel to the CEO, senior management team and board of directors. He reports to Dennis Glass, president and CEO, and sits on the company’s Senior Management committee, which drives the company’s long-term strategy.
Before joining Lincoln, Craig worked for Cleveland-based KeyBank, where he served as executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. Prior to that, he held leadership roles at major financial services companies, including The Bank of New York Mellon, Bank of America Corp., and General Electric Capital Corporation. He also held a number of private practice roles, beginning his career as an associate with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
Craig is a member of the Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals and the Securities and Corporate Practices Committees. Craig is also on the Board of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
Craig earned his J.D. from New York University and a B.A. from Iona College.
