EX-24 5 d672205dex24.htm EX-24 EX-24

Exhibit 24

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, John Bernbach, member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and B.A. Byrne, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the SecureFoundation® Group Fixed Deferred Annuity 403(b) Contract of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1, or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of February, 2014.

 

/s/ John Bernbach

John Bernbach
Member, Board of Directors
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, André Desmarais, member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and B.A. Byrne, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the SecureFoundation® Group Fixed Deferred Annuity 403(b) Contract of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1, or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of February, 2014.

 

/s/ André Desmarais

André Desmarais
Member, Board of Directors
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Paul Desmarais, Jr., member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and B.A. Byrne, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the SecureFoundation® Group Fixed Deferred Annuity 403(b) Contract of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1, or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of February, 2014.

 

/s/ Paul Desmarais, Jr.

Paul Desmarais, Jr.
Member, Board of Directors
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Alain Louvel, member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and B.A. Byrne, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the SecureFoundation® Group Fixed Deferred Annuity 403(b) Contract of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1, or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of February, 2014.

 

/s/ Alain Louvel

Alain Louvel
Member, Board of Directors
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Paul Mahon, member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and B.A. Byrne, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the SecureFoundation® Group Fixed Deferred Annuity 403(b) Contract of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1, or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of February, 2014.

 

/s/ Paul Mahon

Paul Mahon
Member, Board of Directors
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Jeffrey Orr, Chair of the Board of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and B.A. Byrne, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the SecureFoundation® Group Fixed Deferred Annuity 403(b) Contract of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1, or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of February, 2014.

 

/s/ Jeffrey Orr

Jeffrey Orr
Chair of the Board
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Michel Plessis-Bélair, member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and B.A. Byrne, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the SecureFoundation® Group Fixed Deferred Annuity 403(b) Contract of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1, or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of February, 2014.

 

/s/ Michel Plessis-Bélair

Michel Plessis-Bélair
Member, Board of Directors
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Henri-Paul Rousseau, member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and B.A. Byrne, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the SecureFoundation® Group Fixed Deferred Annuity 403(b) Contract of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1, or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of February, 2014.

 

/s/ Henri-Paul Rousseau

Henri-Paul Rousseau
Member, Board of Directors
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Raymond Royer, member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and B.A. Byrne, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the SecureFoundation® Group Fixed Deferred Annuity 403(b) Contract of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1, or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of February, 2014.

 

/s/ Raymond Royer

Raymond Royer
Member, Board of Directors
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Greg Tretiak, member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and B.A. Byrne, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the SecureFoundation® Group Fixed Deferred Annuity 403(b) Contract of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1, or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of February, 2014.

 

/s/ Greg Tretiak

Greg Tretiak
Member, Board of Directors
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Brian Walsh, member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and B.A. Byrne, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the SecureFoundation® Group Fixed Deferred Annuity 403(b) Contract of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1, or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of February, 2014.

 

/s/ Brian Walsh

Brian Walsh
Member, Board of Directors
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company