Westley V Thompson

Westley V. Thompson is responsible for the overall strategic leadership, direction and management of Lincoln Employer Markets. Throughout his career, he has built some of the most successful distribution businesses in the industry. He joined Lincoln Financial Group in 1998, through the company's acquisition of CIGNA individual insurance, and served as the senior vice president of Lincoln Life Distributors. In 2001 Thompson started Lincoln Financial Distributors, the wholesaling distribution organization of Lincoln Financial Group, and was one of the early visionaries to recognize the importance of a centralized, customer-focused and solutions-based wholesaling organization, which was the genesis of LFD.