Board of Directors
Barry Blattman has served as a director of Brookfield Wealth Solutions since November 2021. Mr. Blattman is also Vice Chair and a director of Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. In this role, he focuses on senior, strategic client and business relationships, and contributes to general business development and transaction strategy globally. Prior to joining Brookfield in 2002, Mr. Blattman was a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch, having begun his career with Salomon Brothers in 1986. Mr. Blattman holds a Master of Business Administration degree from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan. He serves on the board of Montefiore Health System, and chairs its Real Estate Planning and Development Committee.
Member of the Compensation Committee
Dr. Soonyoung Chang has served as a director of Brookfield Wealth Solutions since November 2021. Dr. Chang serves as Senior Advisor to the Investment Corporation of Dubai, providing strategic counsel and lending his global perspective to the investment arm of the Dubai Government. Dr. Chang is the founder and chairman of Midas International Asset Management Company, an international asset management fund. He is also a founding partner of Sentinel Advisor, a New York-based arbitrage fund. He also served as an advisor to a variety of financial institutions, including Korea National Pension Corporation, Hyundai International Merchant Bank and Templeton-Ssangyong Investment Trust Company. Dr. Chang holds Masters and Doctoral degrees from George Washington University and has authored many books and articles on the subject of financial engineering.
Chair of the Governance & Nominating Committee
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee
William Cox has served as director of Brookfield Wealth Solutions since May 2021. Mr. Cox is the President and Chairman of Waterloo Properties, a fifth-generation family-owned business that operates real estate and retail investment companies in Bermuda. Mr. Cox is also a director of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation. Mr. Cox has also served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Saltus Grammar School and completed his education at the University of Lynchburg in Virginia.
Member of the Governance & Nominating Committee
Michele Coleman Mayes has served as a director of Brookfield Wealth Solutions since August 2023. Ms. Mayes was previously Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for the New York Public Library from August 2012 until February 2024. Ms. Mayes has also served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Allstate Insurance Company, Senior Vice President and the General Counsel of Pitney Bowes Inc. and in several senior legal capacities at Colgate-Palmolive and Unisys. Prior to that, she served in the U.S. Department of Justice as an Assistant United States Attorney in Detroit and Brooklyn, eventually assuming the role of Chief of the Civil Division in Detroit.
Ms. Mayes served on the Presidential Commission on Election Administration under President Obama from 2013 to 2014. In 2016 she was elected to the Board of Directors of Gogo Inc. where she chairs the Nominating and Governance Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee. Since 2021, Ms. Mayes has been a non-director member of the Exelon Corporation's Special Litigation Committee. Ms. Mayes holds a BA from the University of Michigan and a JD from the University of Michigan Law School. In 2024, Ms. Mayes received Michigan Law's Distinguished Alumni Award.
Michael McRaith is a Managing Partner and Vice Chair of Brookfield Wealth Solutions and has served as a Director of our company since October 2025. In this role, he participates in all aspects of Brookfield’s global insurance operations.
Prior to joining our company in 2021, Mr. McRaith helped build the insurance solutions practice at a global asset manager. He previously served as the first Director of the Federal Insurance Office in the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he held national and global leadership roles. Before joining Treasury, he served as the Director of the Illinois Department of Insurance and as an officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Prior to his public service, Mr. McRaith was a partner in the Chicago office of a global law firm, and he remains a member of the Trial Bar for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Mr. McRaith holds a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University of Chicago’s School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University. He received the Distinguished LGBTQ Alumnus Award from Indiana University, the Exceptional Service Award from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and is a Distinguished Fellow of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors. Mr. McRaith is a member of The Bretton Woods Committee.
Member and Designated Financial Expert of the Audit Committee
Gregory Morrison has served as director of Brookfield Wealth Solutions since December 2020. Mr. Morrison sits on a number of property, casualty and life insurance company boards and their subsidiaries, including Multi-Strat Holdings Ltd., Property Insurance Company of America, Western Investment Company Limited, Riverstone International Bermuda Ltd., AESIR Limited and various international subsidiaries of Brookfield Corporation. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Trisura Group Ltd., Imagine Group Holdings Ltd., Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd. and London Reinsurance Group Inc. Mr. Morrison is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (retired).
Chair of the Board of Directors
Lori Pearson has served as the Chair of the Board of Brookfield Wealth Solutions since August 2023. Ms. Pearson is a Managing Partner and is Vice Chair of Brookfield Corporation. Prior to joining Brookfield in 2003, Ms. Pearson was with Ernst and Young, where she held various roles within the Audit practice and served on the Leadership Team for the Tax practice. Ms. Pearson is on the boards of Pathways to Education in Canada and the Brookfield Foundation where she also serves as President. She is a past member of the Boards of Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. and Norbord Inc. Ms. Pearson holds an Honours Business Administration degree from Western University and is a Chartered Professional Accountant. In 2017 she was named a Fellow by the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario.
Chair and Designated Financial Expert of the Audit Committee
Member of the Governance & Nominating Committee
Lars Rodert has served as a director of Brookfield Wealth Solutions since November 2021. Mr. Rodert is the founder and CEO of ÖstVäst Advisory AB. He previously served as a global investment manager for IKEA Treasury and Chief Investment Officer of SEB Asset Management, North America, where he was responsible for SEB Global Funds. Prior to SEB Asset Management, Mr. Rodert worked at Gordon Capital and served as a partner with a private investment holding company, Robur et. Securitas. Mr. Rodert holds a Master of Science Degree in Business and Economics from Stockholm University.
Chair of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Governance & Nominating Committee
Anne Schaumburg has served as a director of Brookfield Wealth Solutions since May 2021. Ms. Schaumburg was previously a member of the board of directors of NRG Energy, Inc., an integrated power generation and consumer products company listed on the NYSE. During her 18-year tenure at NRG Energy, Inc., she served as Lead Independent Director, Chair of the Audit Committee and was a member of the Risk Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nuclear Oversight Committee. She is currently Chair of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation and serves on their respective audit committees. Prior to her retirement, she was a Managing Director of Credit Suisse First Boston and a senior banker in the Global Energy Group. Ms. Schaumburg was responsible for assisting clients on advisory and finance assignments. Her transaction expertise includes mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity capital market financings, project finance and privatizations.
Sachin Shah is the Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield Wealth Solutions and has served as the director since 2021. In this role, he is responsible for overall leadership and management of Brookfield Wealth Solutions and sets its strategic direction as a leading provider of retirement services, wealth protection products and tailored capital solutions. Mr. Shah joined Brookfield in 2002 and has held a variety of senior roles, including Chief Investment Officer of Brookfield Asset Management and Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield Renewable Partners where he was instrumental in growing the platform into a global business diversified across multiple technologies. Mr. Shah holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto and is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada.