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Christian M. Lown

  • EVP & Chief Financial Officer, ALL since 2026-08src

Allstate EVP & CFO since 2026-08-03; previously CFO of CoStar, Freddie Mac and Navient

—thin record

Not ranked yet

Scouting sheet

as of 24 Sep 2026
Delivers guidance—no promises on the record yet
Answers the question—no call reviewed yet
Capital allocation—company five-year record: compounds — inherited: the five-year record is mostly a predecessor's
Pay design—roe, relative tsr, margin, revenue, operating income, time only
Skin in the game—no holding or price on file
Age
56src
In the role
1 mo
Promises scored
0
Hit rate
—
Dodges / 100 answers
—
Airtime on calls
—
Every promise, oldest firstno scored promises yet

What to weigh

Watch 4

  • Four CFO seats in nine years (Navient about 3, Freddie Mac 4, CoStar 2); he left CoStar after two yearssrc
  • No insurance operating role in any filing read. His record is capital markets, mortgage finance, student-loan servicing and real-estate datasrc
  • Joined two days before the 2026-08-05 Q2 call and did not speak on it; no Allstate call yet shows how he answerssrc
  • Sign-on package: $2.0m cash within 60 days plus $4.1m of RSUs vesting ratably over three years, both time-based. Allstate's other executives get 20% RSUs in the regular mixsrc

In their favour 1

  • Regular equity is 60% performance stock awards, on the same ROE and relative-TSR plan as the other executivessrc

Career

  1. 2026-08 – now
    The Allstate Corporationsrc
    EVP & Chief Financial Officer
  2. 2024-07 – 2026-07
    CoStar Groupsrc
    Chief Financial Officer
    Started 2024-07-01; led finance, investor relations, business development and facilities (PR-2026-07-14); resigned effective 2026-07-31 'for another opportunity outside the Company's industry' (CSGP-8K-2026-07)
  3. 2020-06 – 2024-06
    Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation)src
    EVP & Chief Financial Officer
    Responsible for accounting, capital oversight, financial controls, investor relations, planning and reporting, procurement and tax (CSGP-DEF14A-2026)
  4. 2017-03 – 2020-05
    Navient Corporationsrc
    EVP & Chief Financial Officer
    Started 2017-03-27; also Principal Accounting Officer; resigned 2020-05-29 'to accept a new career opportunity' (NAVI-8K-2020)
  5. 2006 – 2017
    Morgan Stanleysrc
    Investment banker; Managing Director, Financial Institutions Group, co-head of banks, diversified finance and fintech in North America
    The Navient release says 'over 10 years' and the CoStar proxy says 11 years; the 2006 start is inferred from those, not stated

Undated in the sources

  • UBS; Credit Suisse; Credit Lyonnais Securities Asiasrc, Investment banker (UBS, Credit Suisse); equity analyst in Asia (CLSA)

Not located: Pre-Morgan Stanley roles at UBS, Credit Suisse and Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia are named in filings without dates; the Morgan Stanley start year (about 2006) is inferred from tenure figures

Achievements

  • CFO of four companies in a row since 2017: Navient, Freddie Mac, CoStar Group and now Allstatesrc
  • Spent about 11 years at Morgan Stanley in financial-institutions investment banking, co-leading banks, diversified finance and fintech coveragesrc
  • CoStar 2025 Summary Compensation Table: $7.97m total ($588,269 salary, $5.49m stock, $0.74m options, $1.14m cash incentive)src
  • Allstate offer: $875,000 salary, 200% target bonus, 375% target equity (60% PSAs, 20% RSUs, 20% options), plus a $2.0m cash sign-on and $4.1m sign-on RSUssrc

Education

  • University of Lynchburg (formerly Lynchburg College), BA International Relationssrc
  • University of Virginia, Darden School of Business, MBAsrc

Background

  • Family The appointing 8-K carries no family-relationship statement and he joined after the 2026 proxy; no family relationship to an Allstate director or officer was found in the filings readsrc
  • Other Left Navient on 2020-05-29 to take a new opportunity. Left CoStar on 2026-07-31 for 'another opportunity outside the Company's industry', and CoStar said the resignation was not over any disagreementsrc

The promise ledger

No promise on the record yet: the research routine has not scored this company's guidance.

Sources

12
  1. Filing The Allstate Corporation 8-K Item 5.02, CFO appointment (0000899051-26-000109) · 2026-07-14
  2. Filing The Allstate Corporation 8-K Ex. 99.1, 'Allstate names Christian Lown Chief Financial Officer' (0000899051-26-000109) · 2026-07-14
  3. Filing The Allstate Corporation DEF 14A (0000899051-26-000063), for the pay plan he joins · 2026-04-10
  4. Filing The Allstate Corporation 8-K Item 5.07, 2026 annual meeting results (0000899051-26-000081) · 2026-05-27
  5. Filing SEC XBRL companyconcept us-gaap/NetIncomeLoss, CIK 899051 (FY2025 10-K, 0000899051-26-000031) · 2026-02-20
  6. Filing Form 3, Christian M. Lown (reporting CIK 1701994), as of 2026-08-03: no securities owned (0000899051-26-000125) · 2026-08-13
  7. Filing Form 4, Christian M. Lown, RSU and option grants of 2026-09-03 (0000899051-26-000133) · 2026-09-08
  8. Filing CoStar Group DEF 14A (0001193125-26-197205), executive officer bio and 2025 Summary Compensation Table · 2026-04-30
  9. Filing CoStar Group 8-K Item 5.02, Lown resignation effective 2026-07-31 (0001057352-26-000054) · 2026-07-13
  10. Filing Navient 8-K Item 5.02, CFO appointment effective 2017-03-27 (0001193125-17-050457) · 2017-02-21
  11. Filing Navient 8-K Ex. 99.1, 'Navient appoints chief financial officer and chief decision management officer' (0001193125-17-050457) · 2017-02-21
  12. Filing Navient 8-K Item 5.02, Lown resignation of 2020-05-29 (0001654954-20-006218) · 2020-06-02