Noreen Fierro is Senior Vice President, Enterprise Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Principal Financial Group®. She joined Principal® in 2022. Prior to joining Principal, Noreen has had a 30- year career in the financial services industry both in-house in legal and compliance roles and as outside counsel. Most recently, Noreen served as the Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer at Guardian Life (2016-2021). Prior to her time at Guardian, Noreen spent 10 years at Prudential Financial in various senior compliance/legal roles. She started her career in private legal practice doing defense and regulatory work for large broker-dealers and insurance companies.
She received her bachelor’s degree from Montclair State University and her J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law. She is admitted to the New Jersey Bar. Noreen has served as an adjunct professor teaching global compliance at New York Law School and as a guest lecturer on compliance at Fordham Law School. She currently serves on the Advisory Committee for the James Tricarico Jr., Institute for the Business of Law and In-House Counsel at New York Law School. She is a Trustee for the non-profit organization Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Morris and Sussex Counties in New Jersey, which helps children in the foster care system. She previously served as a Trustee for The American College of Financial Services, Cary M McGuire Center for the Ethics in Financial Services. She is a frequent industry speaker on the topics of leadership and compliance. She is also a member of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) community.
