Anant Bhalla

Mr. Bhalla is a seasoned industry executive with nearly two decades of experience in publicly traded companies across insurance, asset management and wealth management sectors. Most recently (2016 – 2019), he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Brighthouse Financial, Inc., the publicly traded spin-off of MetLife’s U.S. individual life and annuity business. He joined MetLife in 2014 as Chief Financial Officer of Retail business. He played a broad role in MetLife’s strategic direction of that business and co-led the creation of Brighthouse Financial in 2016. At multiple insurers he has led the creation and execution of U.S. business strategy, covering products, distribution and asset management. This included entering new markets and product categories. During his tenure at Brighthouse Financial, Mr. Bhalla guided its migration from legacy variable annuity products into newer fixed index and structured annuity products and market segments. Prior to MetLife, Mr. Bhalla served in numerous senior roles including Chief Risk Officer, Treasurer and other management roles at Fortune 500 companies, including American International Group, Lincoln National Corporation, and Ameriprise Financial.

Since leaving Brighthouse in the spring of 2019, Mr. Bhalla has been a partner of Bhalla Capital Partners, focused on bringing together private capital and asset management capabilities to serve core unmet needs in the global life insurance sector. Mr. Bhalla received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Madras University, India and an MBA from S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, India.