POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Karen Wilson Thissen, Thomas R. Moore, David H. Weiser,
James DeBuse and Susan M. Beltz, signing singly, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer of Ameriprise Financial,
Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports, including
amended reports, the undersigned may be required to file with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in
connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or
disposition of securities of the Company, including Form 144;
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report,
including the completion, execution and filing of Form ID,
including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary
or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports
required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or any rule or regulation of the SEC and timely file such form
or report with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and
(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever
in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,
or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of
the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 29th day of November 2017.

		/s/ Patrick H. O'Connell