Management Team

Our business is about relationships, and we have a strong management team in place that understands this. We are committed to furthering the development of our financial representatives through training and guidance, so the representatives can establish enduring and solid relationships with their clients.

Meet The Virginia Group Management Team:

John Van Der Hyde

Managing Partner
john.vanderhyde@nmfn.com
804-346-5466

John Van Der Hyde began his career with the Northwestern soon after graduating from the College of William and Mary with a B.A. in Biology. In 1988 he began his career in Leadership as a mentor and trainer. He has also served as a Field Director since 1994, and in 1996 and 1997, he was awarded the honor of being the number two Field Director in the Eastern Division. Throughout his NMFN career, John has earned many awards including MDRT since 1989, Court of the Table in 1995, 1996 and 1999, and Top 50 in Premium in the East in 1995, 1996, and 1997. He was also the 1996 recipient of this agency’s most prestigious award, the Howard D. Goldman Award.

On May 1, 1998, John was appointed the sixth General Agent of the Virginia Agency which dates back to 1877. Since then, John has worked rigorously to uphold our Agency’s rich history of quality and performance which is evident by our numerous Industry awards as well as his being elected as a past Chairman of the NMFN Product Committee.

In regards to personal development, John participated in our company’s first Emerging Leaders Program (ELP), Leadership Development Program (LDP), and Newly Appointed Managing Partners program (NAMP). In March of 2004, John completed the three-year Securities Industry Institute program conducted by the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania; he was one of the two Managing Partners sponsored by the Northwestern to participate in this prestigious program. In August 2008, John participated in Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation. His career production exceeds $100,000,000.

John and his wife Sarah live in Manakin-Sabot, Virginia with their three boys Douglas, Parker, and Jack.