Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(c) As previously disclosed by MetLife, Inc. (the “Company”), on January 7, 2025, Tamara L. Schock, notified the Company of her intent to resign as Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company. On February 25, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Toby Srihiran Brown, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Reinsurance of the Company, as the Company’s interim Chief Accounting Officer, to be effective as of March 15, 2025, while a search for a permanent replacement is conducted. Ms. Schock will continue to serve as the Company’s principal accounting officer until Mr. Brown’s appointment is effective.
Mr. Brown, age 51, has served in his current role since October 2024. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and Global Chief Auditor of the Company from March 2020 to September 2024. Since joining the Company in 2010, Mr. Brown has held various positions, including Chief Operating Officer, board member and Statutory Executive Officer of MetLife Japan, Regional Chief Financial Officer of Asia, Chief Financial Officer of MetLife Japan, and Regional Chief Financial Officer of Europe, in addition to serving on numerous subsidiary boards in various capacities.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Brown and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Brown was selected for this role. Mr. Brown has no family relationships with any of the Company’s current directors or executive officers.
(d) On February 25, 2025, the Board increased the number of directors serving on the Board from thirteen to fourteen, and elected Christian Mumenthaler a director of the Company and appointed Mr. Mumenthaler to its Finance and Risk Committee and its Investment Committee, effective May 1, 2025. The Board has affirmatively determined that Mr. Mumenthaler is an independent director.
Mr. Mumenthaler will participate in the Company’s standard non-management director compensation arrangements. The Company pays non-management directors a retainer of $325,000 per year, $175,000 payable in shares of the Company’s common stock and $150,000 payable in cash. Directors earn a pro-rated retainer for partial-year service, earning the first of four annual installments at the beginning of service.