National Financial Partners Names Abbe Goldstein Senior Vice President of Investor Relations

NEW YORK, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- National Financial Partners Corp. (NYSE: NFP), a leading independent distributor of benefits, insurance and investment advisory services, today announced that Abbe F. Goldstein has joined NFP as senior vice president of Investor Relations, effective immediately.  Ms. Goldstein will report directly to Donna Blank, NFP's executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Ms. Goldstein joins NFP from Revlon where she served as senior vice president of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications. She brings nearly 20 years of experience in investor relations and financial services to the role, having held positions with increasing responsibility at J.P. Morgan, Chemical Bank, Palisade Capital Management, Thomson Financial and Willis Group Holdings.

"We are very pleased to welcome Abbe to the NFP team.  With her strong background in insurance and financial services, as well as her depth of investor relations experience, she will be an informed and articulate spokesperson for NFP with the investment community," said Jessica M. Bibliowicz, chairman, president and chief executive officer, NFP.  

Prior to joining Revlon, Ms. Goldstein was associate director of Investor Relations for Willis Group Holdings, where she provided investor relations counsel to the executive management team and served as a company spokesperson with the investment community.

"I am very excited to join NFP and look forward to fostering strong, two-way communications between our management team and investors, analysts and other key constituencies," said Ms. Goldstein.

Ms. Goldstein has a Master of Business Administration from New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business and a Bachelor of Science from Tufts University in Mechanical Engineering. She is a member of the CFA Institute, the New York Society of Security Analysts and the National Investor Relations Institute.

About National Financial Partners Corp.

NFP is a leading independent financial services distribution company. NFP offers high net worth individuals and companies throughout the United States and in Canada comprehensive solutions across corporate and executive benefits, life insurance and wealth transfer, and investment advisory products and services.  NFP and its subsidiaries, including NFP Securities, Inc., provide clients with access to objective advice and a choice of insurance and financial products and services. For more information please visit www.nfp.com.

SOURCE National Financial Partners Corp.