New Global CIO Joins One of the World's Leading Financial Services Companies
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#MetLife--MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) today announced that Nick Nadgauda will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, effective March 10, 2025. Nadgauda will report to Bill Pappas, Executive Vice President and Head of Global Technology and Operations.
As Global CIO, Nick will have accountability for MetLife's application development, infrastructure, enterprise platforms and architecture teams. He will be responsible for the strategic vision and execution across the company's technology portfolio, leading efforts to further enable market differentiation at every stage of the customer journey.
Additionally, Nick will lead MetLife's partnership with NC TECH around the Center for Technology Workforce Innovation, which fosters growth and vitality for North Carolina's technology employees and employers. MetLife's Global Technology Hub is based in Cary, NC with 2,600 employees.
"We are excited to welcome Nick to our leadership team." Pappas said. "His proven track record of inspiring innovation, leading digital transformation, and delivering exceptional results to drive commercial outcomes make him the ideal leader to help MetLife navigate the next phase of our technology journey. Nick's vision and expertise will be instrumental in advancing our digital strategy, enhancing our customer experiences, and ensuring we remain at the forefront of our industry."
Nick comes to MetLife from Citi, where he built a 20-year career. Over his two decades there, Nick played an integral role in growing, steering and shaping the vision and technology for Citi Services, most recently as the CIO leading a global team of 15,000. Citi Services leverages high-scale, market leading technology in a highly regulated sector to provide payment processing, global custody, liquidity management, and working capital solutions across 90 countries.
Prior to joining Citi, Nick was the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Invertica, a software company specializing in web-services and integration middleware. He began his career with Motorola's Corporate Research Labs and holds six patents in wireless communication algorithms.
Nick has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Systems from the University of Michigan.
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 .
Contacts
Mark Pipitone 704-303-4612
mark.pipitone@metlife.com
