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Exhibit 99.1
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For Media: | John Calagna | ||
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For Investors: | John McCallion | |||
(212) 578-7888 |
METLIFE NAMES FRANS HIJKOOP CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER
NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2011 MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) today announced that Frans Hijkoop will join
the company as executive vice president and chief human resources officer, effective Aug. 29, 2011.
Hijkoop will report to President and Chief Executive Officer Steven A.
Kandarian and become a member of MetLifes executive group.
With his strong track record of driving human resources excellence for global companies, Frans is
a recognized leader who will help us attract, develop and retain top talent for MetLifes
businesses worldwide, Kandarian said. Frans will play a critical role in ensuring the successful
integration of Alico and in positioning MetLife for profitable growth.
Hijkoop comes to MetLife from PepsiCo Inc., where he was chief personnel officer and senior vice
president of human resources for the companys Americas Foods division, a business with $23 billion
in revenue and 140,000 employees. Prior to this role, he was chief personnel officer and senior
vice president of human resources for PepsiCos more than 100 international markets outside North
America. Hijkoop also worked at PepsiCo earlier in his career, from 1996-2003, including an
assignment as senior vice president of human resources with responsibility for the integration of
PepsiCos $14 billion acquisition of Quaker Oats.
In between his positions at PepsiCo, Hijkoop served in London as chief human resources officer and
as an executive committee member at Lloyds TSB PLC. He was responsible for all human resources
activities including executive talent development and succession planning at the company, a FTSE
100 firm with 70,000 employees in 20 countries.
Earlier in his career, Hijkoop was a human resources executive with Unilever PLC in London and with
Mobil Oil B.V. in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. A native of the Netherlands, Hijkoop earned his
masters degree in English from Utrecht University in 1985.
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MetLife, Inc. is a leading global provider of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs,
serving 90 million customers in over 60 countries. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, MetLife
holds leading market positions in the United States, Japan, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe and
the Middle East. For more information, visit www.metlife.com.
This press release may contain or incorporate by reference information that includes or is
based upon forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements give expectations or forecasts of future events.
These statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or
current facts. They use words such as anticipate, estimate, expect, project, intend,
plan, believe and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with a discussion of
future operating or financial performance. In particular, these include statements relating to
future actions, prospective services or products, future performance or results of current and
anticipated services or products, sales efforts, expenses, the outcome of contingencies such as
legal proceedings, trends in operations and financial results.
Any or all forward-looking statements may turn out to be wrong. They can be affected by inaccurate
assumptions or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. Many such factors will be important in
determining the actual future results of MetLife, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates. These
statements are based on current expectations and the current economic environment. They involve a
number of risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. These statements are not
guarantees of future performance. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed or
implied in the forward-looking statements. Risks, uncertainties, and other factors that might cause
such differences include the risks, uncertainties and other factors identified in MetLife, Inc.s
most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K (the Annual Report) filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the SEC) and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed by MetLife, Inc. with the
SEC after the date of the Annual Report under the captions Note Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements and Risk Factors, MetLife, Inc.s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 1, 2011 and
other filings MetLife, Inc. makes with the SEC. MetLife, Inc. does not undertake any obligation to
publicly correct or update any forward-looking statement if we later become aware that such
statement is not likely to be achieved. Please consult any further disclosures MetLife, Inc. makes
on related subjects in reports to the SEC.
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