Senior Vice President (retired)
Prudential Investments
Grace Torres is a financial executive with over 30 years experience in the mutual funds and asset management business. She currently serves on the Boards of the Prudential Retail Mutual Funds complex, OceanFirst Financial Corp. and its wholly owned bank, OceanFirst Bank N. A. , and is the chair of the audit committee of those boards. She served on the board of Sun Bancorp and Sun National Bank, its wholly owned subsidiary, prior to its acquisition by OceanFirst Financial Corp. Grace has a track record of quality and success in all facets of mutual fund treasury functions as well as mutual fund operational matters. Ms. Torres holds a Bachelor of Science, Accounting and Management degree from New York University.
She has extensive experience in financial and regulatory reporting, operational risk management, and the implementation and effective management of internal controls in various industries. She was formerly the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the retail and annuity mutual fund complexes of Prudential Investments and was instrumental in supporting the successful growth of Prudential’s mutual funds business to over $230 Billion in assets under management. Prior to Prudential, she worked in other financial services organizations and as a CPA in public accounting, auditing public and private companies in diverse industries and various sizes. Grace is a CPA in the state of New York and received a degree in accounting and management from New York University.