MetLife Names Frans Hijkoop Chief Human Resources Officer
August 15 2011 - 8:59AM
Business Wire
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 MetLife’s 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 MetLife’s
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 company’s 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
PepsiCo’s 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
PepsiCo’s $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
master’s degree in English from Utrecht University in 1985.
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.
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