Bryan Pickel is Vice President and Head of External Affairs and Sustainability for Prudential Financial. In his current role, Pickel is responsible for leading the full suite of the company’s government affairs activities at the state, federal, and international levels and coordinating and implementing an integrated enterprise-wide ESG strategy.
Pickel has a breadth of experience in government and external stakeholder relations, having served in leadership positions focused largely on public policy throughout his decades-long career at Prudential. He previously was vice president of international government affairs, where he led all company dealings pertaining to global regulatory standards, international trade and market access policy as well as priority policy and regulatory issues impacting Prudential's international operations. He also spent six years in the company’s Washington, DC office representing Prudential as an advocate for the Company’s tax, retirement, and international trade policy agenda. Pickel joined Prudential in 1993 and held a variety of roles including business analyst, government affairs compliance, and managing the company’s Political Action Committees (PACs).
Pickel serves as a member of the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, an Associate to the Geneva Association Board of Directors and as the lead of its Public Policy and Regulatory Working Group. In addition, Bryan is the company’s lead representative to the Insurance Regulatory Committee of the Institute for International Finance. Pickel earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in politics from Fairfield University.