MET 8-K
Metlife Inc (MET)
UNITED STATES
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On July 30, 2025, MetLife, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Adrienne O’Neill as Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, effective September 2, 2025. A copy of the Company’s news release announcing Ms. O’Neill’s appointment is included in this report as Exhibit 99.1.
Ms. O’Neill, age 44, has served as Chief Financial Officer, Asia Segment, of Manulife Financial Corporation (“Manulife”), a global life insurance company and international financial services provider, since February 2025. Previously, she served as Manulife’s Global Controller and Group Chief Accounting Officer from July 2021 to February 2025, and as its Global Head of Investor Relations from September 2018 to June 2021. Since joining Manulife in 2007, Ms. O’Neill has also held various positions in its Global Wealth and Asset Management segment, General Account Investments, and its Canadian segment.
Ms. O’Neill’s annual base salary will be $525,000 and, for each full year of employment, she will be considered for a discretionary incentive award (with any awards for 2025 to be pro-rated based on the number of months she works for the Company) in accordance with the incentive compensation plans as described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2025. Ms. O’Neill will also be eligible to receive certain sign-on cash payments, as well as certain sign-on stock-based long-term incentive awards with an aggregate grant date value of $1,950,000, which are intended to replace compensation forfeited from her current employer and assist with her transition.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. O’Neill and any other person pursuant to which Ms. O’Neill was selected for this role. Ms. O’Neill has no family relationships with any of the Company’s current directors or executive officers.
The Company’s current interim Chief Accounting Officer, Toby Srihiran Brown, will vacate that role when Ms. O’Neill’s employment begins and will continue his role as Executive Vice President and Global Head of Reinsurance of the Company.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| 99.1 | News release of MetLife, Inc. dated July 30, 2025, announcing that its Board of Directors appointed Adrienne O’Neill Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. | |
| 101 | Pursuant to Rule 406 of Regulation S-T, the cover page is formatted in Inline XBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language) | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document and included in Exhibit 101) | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| METLIFE, INC. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Timothy J. Ring | |||
| Name: | Timothy J. Ring | |||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Secretary | |||
Date: July 30, 2025
Exhibit 99.1
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For Immediate Release | Global Communications | MetLife, Inc. | |||
MetLife Names Adrienne O’Neill as Chief Accounting Officer
NEW YORK, July 30, 2025 — MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) today announced that Adrienne O’Neill will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, effective Sept. 2, 2025. She will report to John McCallion, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and head of MetLife Investment Management.
“We’re excited to bring on board Adrienne’s deep expertise in accounting, financial planning, and financial reporting, as well as her proven and broad leadership experience across an array of finance functions,” said McCallion. “She will be a critical partner in evaluating the current financial landscape and helping our leadership team to anticipate what’s next, enabling the successful execution of our New Frontier strategy.”
As Chief Accounting Officer, O’Neill will lead all corporate accounting and reporting activities, as well as financial planning and analysis. She will be responsible for communicating the company’s financial information in compliance with all applicable standards and regulatory requirements.
O’Neill joins MetLife from Manulife Financial Corporation, where she held several finance leadership positions during her 18 years with the firm including Chief Financial Officer for Asia, Global Controller and Group Chief Accounting Officer, and Global Head of Investor Relations.
O’Neill said: “I am thrilled to be joining MetLife at such an exciting time in the execution of its strategy and look forward to partnering across the leadership team to continue to drive excellence in the finance function and further enable the company’s long-term growth.”
She replaces interim Chief Accounting Officer Toby Srihiran Brown, who took on the temporary assignment in March 2025 and will continue in his role as Executive Vice President and Global Head of Reinsurance.
O’Neill earned her Bachelor of Business Administration with Honors from Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Professional Accountant and was recognized as a CPA fellow in 2023 for exceptional service to the profession and community.
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About MetLife
MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET), through its subsidiaries and affiliates (“MetLife”), is one of the world’s leading financial services companies, providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to help individual and institutional customers build a more confident future. Founded in 1868, MetLife has operations in more than 40 markets globally and holds leading positions in the United States, Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. For more information, visit www.metlife.com.
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