Governance

Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
MetLife, Inc.

C. Robert (Rob) Henrikson is chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET), the largest life insurer in the U.S. and a leading provider of insurance and financial services to more than 70 million customers worldwide.

Appointed CEO and chairman in March and April 2006, respectively, Henrikson has led MetLife to achieve record financial results while capitalizing on emerging trends in several markets around the globe.  In 2008, MetLife earned $49 billion in annual revenue and ranked 39th on the most recent FORTUNE 500® list.  MetLife was named by Forbes as the best managed insurance company in the U.S. for 2008.

Henrikson has positioned MetLife to expand its domestic leadership positions and capitalize on emerging life, annuity and retirement markets outside the U.S.  In addition to counting over 90 of the top one hundred FORTUNE 500® companies among its corporate clients, MetLife is a leading provider of group insurance and retirement & savings offerings, including group life, group dental and institutional annuities.  MetLife also is the largest life insurer in Mexico, and has strong and growing positions in several markets, including Japan, South Korea and Chile.  The company offers products and services to customers in the U.S., Latin America, Asia Pacific and Europe.

Henrikson is a board member and chairman-elect of the American Council of Life Insurers, chairman of the Financial Services Forum and a board member emeritus of the American Benefits Council.  He also serves on the board of directors of The New York Botanical Garden and the New York Philharmonic, and is a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History.

Henrikson received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Emory University School of Law.  His dedication to both institutions continues, serving as chairman of the board of Wharton’s S.S. Huebner Foundation for Insurance Education and as an alumni trustee of Emory University.

He resides in Connecticut with his wife of more than 30 years, Mary.  They have two grown sons and a grandson.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell, age 44, is President of the Global Development Program at The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Ms. Burwell joined the Foundation in 2001 as Executive Vice President and served as its Chief Operating Officer from 2002 to April 2006. Prior to joining the Foundation, she served as Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget in Washington, D.C. from 1998.

Ms. Burwell served as Deputy Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 1998, and was Chief of Staff to Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin from 1995 to 1997. She also served as Staff Director for the National Economic Council from 1993 to 1995. Ms. Burwell was Manager of President Clinton’s economic transition team. Prior to that, she was an Associate at McKinsey and Company from 1990 through 1992.

She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the Aspen Strategy Group, the Trilateral Commission and the Nike Foundation Advisory Group, and a member of the Board of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa.

Ms. Burwell received a bachelor’s degree in government, cum laude, from Harvard University in 1987 and a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. Ms. Burwell has been a Director of MetLife and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company since 2004.

Eduardo Castro-Wright, age 54, is vice chairman of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.  Mr. Castro-Wright joined Wal-Mart in 2001 and worked in Mexico through 2005, first as president and later as chief executive officer of Wal-Mart de Mexico. He then joined Wal-Mart in the U.S. as chief operating officer of the Wal-Mart Stores division in early 2005 and was promoted later that year to president and chief executive officer of that division.  He was appointed to his current role in 2008.

Previously, he was the president and chief executive officer of Honeywell Transportation & Power Systems Worldwide.  Prior to that, he was president of Honeywell Asia/Pacific.  Mr. Castro- Wright also held several leadership positions at Nabisco, Inc., including president of Nabisco Asia/Pacific, as well as president and chief executive officer of the company's businesses in Venezuela and Mexico.

Mr. Castro-Wright is a member of the board of directors for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund and the Retail Industry Leaders Association.  He received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University.  He has been a Director of MetLife and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company since March 2008.

Burton A. Dole, Jr., age 72, is the retired Chairman of Dole/Neal, LLC, a privately-held energy management firm. Mr. Dole was a Partner and Chief Executive Officer of MedSouth Therapy Associates, LLC, a rehabilitative health care company, from 2001 to 2003, and was Chairman of the Board of Nellcor Puritan Bennett, Incorporated, a medical equipment company, from 1995 until his retirement in 1997. He was Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Puritan Bennett, Incorporated from 1986 to 1995.

Mr. Dole served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank and Federal Reserve Agent from 1992 through 1994. Mr. Dole was a Director of New England Mutual Life Insurance Company from 1994 to 1996, before it was acquired by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. He served as Chairman of the Conference of Chairmen of the Federal Reserve System in 1994.

He received both a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration from Stanford University. Mr. Dole has been a Director of MetLife since August 1999 and a Director of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company since 1996.

Cheryl W. Grisé, age 57, was Executive Vice President of Northeast Utilities, a public utility holding company, from December 2005 until her retirement effective June 30, 2007, Chief Executive Officer of its principal operating subsidiaries from September 2002 to January 2007, President of the Utility Group of Northeast Utilities Service Company from May 2001 to January 2007, President of the Utility Group of Northeast Utilities from May 2001 to December 2005, and Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of Northeast Utilities from 1998 to 2001.

Ms. Grisé is a Director of Pall Corporation and Pulte Homes, Inc. She also serves on the Boards of the University of Connecticut Foundation and the Kingswood - Oxford School, and is a Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum.

She received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a law degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and has completed the Yale Executive Management Program. Ms. Grisé has been a Director of the MetLife and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company since 2004.

R. Glenn Hubbard, Ph.D., age 51, has been the Dean of the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University since 2004 and the Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics since 1994. Dr. Hubbard has been a professor of the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University since 1988. He is also a visiting scholar and Director of the Tax Policy Program for the American Enterprise Institute, and was a member of the Panel of Economic Advisers for the Congressional Budget Office from 2004 to 2006. From 2001 to 2003, Dr. Hubbard served as Chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers and as Chairman of the Economic Policy Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Dr. Hubbard is a member of the Boards of Directors of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., BlackRock Closed-End Funds and KKR Financial Holdings LLC. He also serves on the Boards of the Economic Club of New York and Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, and is a member of the Advisory Board of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse.

Dr. Hubbard holds a Ph.D. and master’s degree in economics from Harvard University, and a bachelor of arts degree and a bachelor of sciences degree from the University of Central Florida. He has been a Director of MetLife and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company since February 2007.

John M. Keane, age 66, is the co-founder and Senior Managing Director of Keane Advisors, LLC, a private equity firm, President of GSI, LLC, an independent consulting firm, and an Advisor to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of URS Corporation, a global engineering design firm.

General Keane served in the U.S. Army for 37 years. He was Vice Chief of Staff and Chief Operating Officer of the Army from 1999 until his retirement in October 2003. He is a Director of General Dynamics Corporation, MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc. and Cyalume Technologies Holdings, Inc. He also is a military contributor and analyst with ABC News, member of the United States Department of Defense Policy Board, member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Chairman of the Senior Executive Committee of the Army Aviation Association of America. He also serves on the Boards of the Knollwood Foundation, the Army Heritage Foundation, the George C. Marshall Foundation, the Rand Corporation and the Welcome Back Veterans Foundation.

General Keane received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Fordham University and a master’s degree in philosophy from Western Kentucky University. General Keane has received honorary doctorate degrees in law and public service from Fordham University and Eastern Kentucky University, respectively. General Keane has been a Director of MetLife and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company since 2003.

Alfred F. Kelly, Jr., age 51, is president of American Express Company, where he has day-to-day responsibility for the company’s global consumer businesses, which include consumer and small business cards, customer service, global banking, prepaid products, consumer travel and risk and information management.  Prior to his current position, he was a group president responsible for several key businesses, including U.S. consumer and small business cards, U.S. customer service and risk management.

From 1985 to 1987, Mr. Kelly served as head of information systems at the White House where he oversaw the information processing functions for several government agencies that comprise the Executive Office of the President.  Prior to that, he held various positions in information systems and strategic and financial planning at PepsiCo.

Mr. Kelly holds bachelor of arts and masters degrees in business administration from Iona College.  He is a member of the board of trustees of New York-Presbyterian Hospital and a member of the board of directors of Concern Worldwide USA and Iona Preparatory School.  He also serves as vice chairman of the Wall Street Charity Golf Classic, an event that benefits the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.  Mr. Kelly has been a Director of MetLife and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company since June 2009.

James M. Kilts, age 61, has been a Partner, Centerview Partners Management, LLC, a private equity and financial advisory firm, since October 2006. He had been Vice Chairman of the Board of The Procter & Gamble Company from October 2005, following the merger of The Gillette Company with Procter & Gamble, until October 2006. Previously and, until October 2005, he had served as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of Gillette since January 2001, February 2001 and November 2003, respectively. Prior to joining Gillette, Mr. Kilts was President and Chief Executive Officer of Nabisco Group Holdings Corp. from December 1999 until it was acquired in December 2000 by Philip Morris Companies Inc., now Altria Group Inc. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Nabisco Holdings Corp. and Nabisco Inc. from January 1998 to December 1999. Before that, he was an Executive Vice President, Worldwide Food, Philip Morris, from 1994 to 1997 and served as President of Kraft USA from 1989 to 1994. Previously, he served as President of Kraft Limited in Canada and as Senior Vice President of Kraft International. Mr. Kilts began his business career with General Foods Corporation in 1970.

Mr. Kilts is a member of the Boards of Directors of Pfizer Inc. and MeadWestvaco Corporation, and a member of the Supervisory Board of The Nielsen Company, a leading global and information media company. He also is a member of the Board of Overseers of Weill Cornell Medical College.

Mr. Kilts serves on the Boards of Trustees of Knox College and the University of Chicago and is Chairman of the Advisory Council of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is a past Chairman of the Grocery Manufacturers Association. He is a graduate of Knox College and earned a master of business administration degree from the University of Chicago. Mr. Kilts has been a Director of MetLife and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company since 2005.

Catherine R. Kinney, age 57, was group executive vice president of listings, marketing and branding for NYSE Euronext until her retirement in March 2009.  Ms. Kinney joined the New York Stock Exchange in 1974 and held several management positions in various divisions. Prior to her most recent role, she was president and co-chief operating officer of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. and, following the Archipelago Exchange merger in 2006, NYSE Group, Inc., since January 1, 2002.  Previously, Ms. Kinney oversaw the New York Stock Exchange’s relationships with listed companies as well as the Exchange-Traded Fund and Fixed Income divisions.  From 2002 to 2004, she oversaw regulation and, from 1987 to 1996, she was responsible for managing trading floor operations and technology.

Ms. Kinney is a member of the board of directors of MSCI Inc., NetSuite Inc. and Georgetown University. She also is a member of the board of trustees of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York.

She holds a bachelor of arts degree from Iona College and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.  She has received honorary degrees from Georgetown University, Fordham University and Rosemont College.  Ms. Kinney became a Director of MetLife and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in April 2009 after having previously served on those boards from 2002 to 2004.

Hugh B. Price, age 67, has been the John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs Visiting Professor of Public and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University since August 2008. He also has been a Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution since February 2006.

Previously, he was a Senior Advisor to the law firm of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP from September 2003 until September 2005 and served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Urban League, Inc. from 1994 to April 2003.

Mr. Price is a Director of Verizon Communications, Inc. He is a Trustee of the Mayo Clinic and a Director of the Jacob Burns Film Center.

Mr. Price received a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College and received a law degree from Yale Law School. He has been a Director of MetLife since 1999 and a Director of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company since 1994.

David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., age 68, is the Director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute and the Center of Excellence on Health Disparities at the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), where he also occupies the Poussaint-Satcher-Cosby Chair in Mental Health. From December 2004 to July 2006, Dr. Satcher served as the President of MSM. From September 2002 to December 2004, Dr. Satcher was the Director of the National Center for Primary Care at MSM.

Dr. Satcher completed his four-year term as the 16th Surgeon General of the United States in February 2002, after which he served as a Senior Visiting Fellow with the Kaiser Family Foundation until he assumed the post of Director of the National Center for Primary Care. Dr. Satcher served as the U. S. Assistant Secretary for Health from 1998 to January 2001, and from 1993 to 1998, he was the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Dr. Satcher is a member of the Boards of Directors of Johnson & Johnson, the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta and the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta. Dr. Satcher has been a Director of MetLife and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company since February 2007.

Kenton J. Sicchitano, age 65, was a Global Managing Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an assurance, tax and advisory services company, until his retirement in June 2001. Mr. Sicchitano joined Price Waterhouse LLP, a predecessor firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, in 1970, and after becoming a partner in 1979, held various leadership positions within the firm until he retired in 2001.

He is a Director of PerkinElmer, Inc. and Analog Devices, Inc. At various times from 1986 to 1995, he served as a Director and/or officer of a number of not-for-profit organizations, including as President of the Harvard Business School Association of Boston, Director of the Harvard Alumni Association and the Harvard Business School Alumni Association, Director and Chair of the Finance Committee of New England Deaconess Hospital and a Trustee of the New England Aquarium.

Mr. Sicchitano received a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School. Mr. Sicchitano has been a Director of MetLife and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company since 2003.

William C. Steere, Jr., age 73, was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer Inc., a research-based global pharmaceutical company, from 1992 until his retirement in May 2001.

Mr. Steere is a Director of Pfizer Inc., Health Management Associates, Inc., the New York Botanical Garden and the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. He is a Trustee of the New York University Medical Center and a member of the Board of Overseers of the Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center.

Mr. Steere received a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University. He has been a Director of MetLife since 1999 and a Director of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company since 1997. Mr. Steere was appointed Lead Director of MetLife's Board of Directors on January 18, 2006.

Lulu C. Wang, age 64, is Chief Executive Officer of Tupelo Capital Management, LLC, an investment management firm which she founded in 1997. Ms. Wang has been engaged in professional money management since 1972.

Prior to founding Tupelo Capital Management, Ms. Wang served as Director and Executive Vice President of Jennison Associates Capital Corporation. In this role, she managed assets for pension, endowment and mutual funds.

Before joining Jennison in 1988, Ms. Wang oversaw equities management at Equitable Capital Management as Senior Vice President and Managing Director.

Ms. Wang serves on the Boards of the Asia Society, Columbia Business School, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rockefeller University, WNYC Public Radio and the Committee of 100. Ms. Wang also serves as Trustee Emerita of Wellesley College and as a Consulting Director of the New York Community Trust.

Ms. Wang received a bachelor of arts degree from Wellesley College and a masters in business administration from Columbia Business School. She is a chartered financial analyst. She has been a Director of MetLife and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company since March 2008.