MetLife Global Executive Leadership Team

Diana L. McKenzie, 60

Director since 2018; Independent

With nearly three decades of experience culminating with her role as Chief Information Officer of Workday, Inc., overseeing the company’s global information technology organization, Ms. McKenzie is a proven technology leader and an innovator who provides extensive digital, technology, and cybersecurity knowledge and perspective, which is particularly impactful given the Company’s strategic focus which requires leveraging cutting-edge technology to drive growth and efficiency. Ms. McKenzie’s expertise informs the Board’s oversight of the Company’s ongoing efforts in risk management and information security. Her experiences also guide the Company as it looks to grow responsibly in group benefits, asset management, and international markets. In addition, Ms. McKenzie’s consumer focus and product development and commercialization expertise in the highly regulated biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries provides valuable insight to the Company as it looks to reshape customer expectations. 

MetLife Board Committees:

  • Audit
  • Compensation
  • Finance and Risk

Professional Highlights:

  • Vi Labs Ltd., a healthcare and life sciences focused, artificial intelligence enabled technology company
    • Advisor (2024 – Present)
  • DLM Horizons, LLC, a consulting limited liability company
    • Consultant / Owner (2020 - Present)
  • BrightInsight, Inc., a provider of digital health platforms for biopharma and medical device companies
    • Advisor (2020 - Present)
  • Brighton Park Capital, an investment firm specializing in software, information services, technology-enabled business services and healthcare
    • Member of the Board of Paradox, a conversational artificial intelligence and human resources platform and portfolio company of Brighton Park Capital (2020 – Present)
    • Senior Advisor / Investor (2019 – Present)
  • Workday, Inc., a financial and human capital management software company
    • Chief Information Officer (2016 - 2019)
  • Amgen, Inc., a biotechnology company
    • Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (2010 - 2016)
    • Vice President, Amgen Enterprise Technology Services and Enterprise Architecture (2007 - 2010)
    • Executive Director, Amgen Information Systems, Product Development and Commercialization (2004 - 2007)
  • Eli Lilly and Company, a pharmaceutical company
    • Group Director, Lilly Research Laboratories, Product Development and commercialization (2000 – 2004)
    • Various Information Systems leadership roles supporting Research & Development, Corporate Engineering, Human Resources, and IT Architecture, Strategy, and Planning (1987 – 1999)

Other U.S. Listed Public Company Directorships:

  • Agilon Health, Inc. (2023 - Present)
  • Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (2020 - Present)
  • Prior U.S. Listed Public Company Directorships (past five years): Change Healthcare Inc. (2019 - 2022)

Education:

  • B.S., Purdue University
  • Information Technology Management Program, University of California, Los Angeles