Roger W. Crandall is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual). He was appointed President and CEO in January 2010, having previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer.
Mr. Crandall joined MassMutual in 1988 and spent the first 12 years of his career in the company’s Investment Management Department. In 2000, he joined Babson Capital Management LLC, a MassMutual subsidiary, where he was named Managing Director in 2002 and led the firm’s Corporate Bond Management, Public Bond Trading and Institutional Fixed Income units. In this role, he oversaw a broad range of corporate credit investments, including public and private bonds, bank loans, mezzanine and private equity investments, and structured credit products.
In 2005, Mr. Crandall was named Chairman of Babson Capital and Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of MassMutual. He subsequently served as Co-Chief Operating Officer before being appointed President and Chief Operating Officer in 2008, when he also joined MassMutual’s Board of Directors. Throughout these roles, his responsibilities spanned MassMutual’s investment management subsidiaries, domestic insurance operations, retirement businesses, technology organization and international operations.
Mr. Crandall serves as an Independent Director of Constellation Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: CEG) and is a board member of the American Council of Life Insurers and the Wharton Board of Leadership Advisors. He also serves on the CEO Roundtable and the Massachusetts Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors.
A Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Mr. Crandall earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Vermont and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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