MetLife Announces Chief Distribution Officer, Asia
September 01 2015 - 12:05AM
Business Wire
MetLife announces today the appointment of Bharat Kannan to the
position of Chief Distribution Officer for Asia.
In this newly created role, Kannan will lead all intermediated
distribution channels in Asia. The creation of the role marks a
significant step to embed customer centricity throughout our
selling activities across Asia, delivering a consistently high
quality experience.
Kannan will continue to be based in Tokyo and will have
Asia-wide responsibility for agency, bancassurance, employee
benefits and global relationship management channels. He will
partner with in-country distribution leaders to drive value growth
through disciplined distribution management.
“Our regional multi-channel distribution platform will advance
its value for all our stakeholders as a result of this
appointment,” commented Chris Townsend, President, MetLife
Asia.
Kannan joined MetLife in March 2015 as Head of Employee Benefits
Asia, from Aon where he spent over 11 years, in a number of senior
management positions in Asia and the US, and is a veteran of the US
Air Force having served on active duty from 1992 -1996.
Bharat holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Temple
University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a Master of Science from
DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois and attended INSEAD’s
Management Acceleration Program.
About MetLife
MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET), through its subsidiaries and
affiliates (“MetLife”), is one of the largest life insurance
companies in the world. Founded in 1868, MetLife is a global
provider of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset
management. Serving approximately 100 million customers, MetLife
has operations in nearly 50 countries and holds leading market
positions in the United States, Japan, Latin America, Asia, Europe
and the Middle East. For more information, visit
www.metlife.com.
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