Kevin Jestice
Nationwide Financial announced today that Kevin Jestice, president of the Nationwide Investment Management Group, will become president of Nationwide Retirement Solutions, effective October 1. Jestice will succeed President Eric Stevenson, who plans to retire next year after a 20-year career at Nationwide.
Jestice has led Nationwide IMG since 2023, developing its investment products and partnerships with investment firms. He previously served as the company’s vice president of internal sales and service, where he led the organization responsible for providing service to millions of members, financial professions and firm partners.
“Kevin Jestice’s proven leadership—combined with his extensive investment and asset management, retirement plans operations, sales and service expertise—make him the right person to lead Nationwide Retirement Solutions into the future,” said Craig Hawley, Nationwide Financial’s president, in a statement. “He brings a combination of strategic vision, operational excellence and deep industry expertise to this role.”
Before joining Nationwide, Jestice spent more than 13 years in investment management roles at Vanguard. He served as head of enterprise advice, where he built a sub-division focused on improving outcomes for individual investors through advice and education, and as head of institutional investor services, where he led more than 250 investment professionals, operations personnel and relationship managers to serve Vanguard’s primarily retirement-focused institutional asset management clients.
Nationwide will conduct a search for Jestice’s replacement as leader of IMG starting immediately, according to a company statement.
Nationwide Financial administers more than 31,000 retirement plans, with more than $208 billion in participant assets, for more than 2.8 million participants, per PLANSPONSOR’s 2025 Recordkeeping Survey. PLANSPONSOR is a sister publication of PLANADVISER.