ING U.S.’s Retirement businesshired Sam Ghazaleh as head of Investor Channel Sales for itsIndividual Retirement Markets.

Ghazaleh will lead a team responsible for providing phone-basedguidance and support to both new and existing ING U.S. customerslooking for help with their retirement savings and income needs,including IRA rollovers.

For the last year, Ghazaleh was vice president of BusinessRetirement Solutions for Great-West Life & Annuity, leading thenew business unit focused on growing the company’s IRA, retirementincome and education offerings to defined contribution planparticipants. Prior to that, he was senior vice president of thePersonal and Workplace Investing group at Fidelity Investments,where he held a variety of senior positions over the course of 13years. Ghazaleh also brings experience as a former executive atRollover Systems and from roles serving as a business managementand strategy consultant. In addition, Ghazaleh served for fiveyears as an officer in the United States Air Force.

Ghazaleh, who will be based in ING U.S.’s Windsor, Conn. office,will report to Rich Linton, president of Individual RetirementMarkets for ING U.S. Retirement.