Mark Johnson, CFA, is managing director, head of strategic partnerships. He is responsible for global strategic partnerships and as well as developing new relationships and new markets. Prior to assuming his current role, Mark was head of US intermediary markets for three years and worked in product and in business development for six years. Mark completed Aegon’s two-year leadership program, which included working on the mutual fund and the variable annuity distribution teams for Transamerica, and he also was part of the public securitized bond team. Prior to that, Mark worked as a commercial real estate loan officer with Aegon Real Assets US, an affiliate company, for 12 years. Mark has be