Bloomberg Law
June 8, 2017, 9:26 PM UTC

MetLife GC Ricardo Anzaldua To Retire This Summer

Stephanie Russell-Kraft

MetLife’s General Counsel Ricardo Anzaldua, who has been a leading advocate for greater diversity in the legal profession and who waged a legal battle to remove the insurer’s designation as ‘too big to fail,’ will be stepping down on June 30.

He will continue as a special legal advisor to MetLife CEO Steven Kandarian and plans to retire from the company at the end of the year, according to an announcement Thursday.

Senior vice president and chief counsel Stephen W. Gauster will serve as interim GC while Metlife conducts an internal and external search for Anzaldua’s replacement, Kandarian said.

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