NEWARK, N.J., July 10, 2025 – PGIM, the $1.39 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), has appointed Emily Garbaccio as chief communications officer, effective June 30, 2025. Garbaccio will dual report to Ted Smith, chief communications officer for Prudential Financial, Inc., and Jacques Chappuis, president and CEO of PGIM.
Emily Garbaccio
In her role, Garbaccio will lead the PGIM global communications team and manage all aspects of employee communications, external communications and executive positioning. She will be responsible for developing a strategic, forward-looking communications capability to communicate PGIM’s strategy and protect, promote and enhance the firm’s reputation as a leading active asset manager.
“Emily is an exceptional communications leader with significant experience across industries, leading teams through transformation and managing reputations for well-known companies,” said Smith. “I look forward to partnering with Emily as she shapes PGIM’s corporate narrative and develops clear, compelling strategies that highlight our technical strengths and reinforce the value we deliver to our clients.”
“I am honored to join PGIM and look forward to working with such a talented group of colleagues as we focus on the organization’s next chapter of growth,” said Garbaccio.
Garbaccio most recently ran her own communications and marketing consultancy, providing strategic counsel to clients navigating leadership transitions, organizational change, and public company readiness. Prior, she served in a dual role at AIG as global head of corporate communications and global chief marketing and communications officer, general insurance, during its historic transformation. Her background includes more than 20 years of in-house and agency leadership roles at companies including Kate Spade, JCPenney, LaForce, and Burson-Marsteller.
Garbaccio holds a Bachelor of Journalism, magna cum laude, from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism.