Chair, Board of Directors
Chair, Nominating and Governance Committee
Member, Compensation Committee
Jackson Financial Inc.
Steve Kandarian assumed the role of non-executive chair of the Board of Directors for Jackson Financial Inc. in February 2021 and is chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee. From 2012 to April 2019, Steve served as chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of MetLife, Inc., a leading financial services company providing insurance, annuities, and asset management. He was named president and chief executive officer in 2011 and served as executive vice president and chief investment officer from 2005 to 2011.
Steve currently serves as a director of ExxonMobil Corporation, Neuberger Berman Group LLC and the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. He is a member of the Business Council. He also served as a director of AECOM from 2019 to 2021.
Steve received a B.A. from Clark University, a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.