Ruth A. Fattori
Executive Vice President
& Chief Administrative Officer
MetLife, Inc.

Ruth A. Fattori, age 56, is executive vice president and chief administrative officer of MetLife, Inc.  She was named to this position in January 2008.

As chief administrative officer, Fattori oversees MetLife’s human resources, corporate ethics and compliance, audit, corporate communications, advertising and brand management, corporate security, corporate real estate, and corporate procurement functions.

Prior to joining MetLife, Fattori was executive vice president, human resources for Motorola, Inc., with responsibility for attracting and retaining outstanding talent, anticipating business trends, developing top performers and providing them with appropriate career challenges.  Fattori also had responsibility for loss prevention and security.  In addition, she provided stewardship to Motorola’s diversity and inclusion initiatives and played a key role in embedding a high-tech, quality-focused, customer-driven culture in Motorola employees.

Fattori joined Motorola in November 2004 from JPMorgan Chase & Co., where she was senior vice president, responsible for human resources, communications, productivity and quality for the global technology infrastructure group.  Previously, Fattori worked for Conseco, Inc., as executive vice president, process and productivity.  She also has served as senior vice president, human resources for Siemens Corporation, the U.S. entity of Siemens AG, and as vice president, human resources for the worldwide industry segment of Asea Brown Boveri.

At GE Capital, Fattori was managing director of European operations, based in London, and also served as vice president and chief quality officer.  In the latter role, she successfully deployed the first Six Sigma initiative in a financial services company.  Fattori began her career as an advanced manufacturing engineer for Xerox Corporation and later served in a number of service operations leadership roles for Xerox.

Fattori holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University.

She serves on the boards of trustees of Polytechnic University in New York and the board of governors of the Boys and Girls Club of America in Atlanta.

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