Eric Steigerwalt is the president and chief executive officer of Brighthouse Financial. Prior to his current role, Steigerwalt was executive vice president of MetLife, Inc.’s (MetLife) U.S. Retail business. He was appointed to this position in February 2012. During 2012, Steigerwalt also served as MetLife’s interim chief financial officer. Steigerwalt held multiple leadership roles at MetLife over the course of 18 years. He served as chief financial officer for MetLife’s U.S. businesses as well as the company’s corporate treasurer. Steigerwalt began his tenure at MetLife in 1998, managing many of the operational aspects of MetLife’s demutualization and IPO, and went on to become the company’s first head of investor relations. Before joining MetLife, Steigerwalt worked in finance at Equitable Companies and at Fossett Corporation where he was a derivatives trader. Steigerwalt is the chairman, president, and CEO of Brighthouse Life Insurance Company. He has served on the board of directors for the American Council of Life Insurers and currently serves on the Wells Fargo Championship’s Champions for Education foundation and is a member of the Charlotte Executive Leadership Council. Steigerwalt graduated from Drew University with a bachelor’s degree in economics.