Roger W. Crandall is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), headquartered in Springfield, Mass., and with a significant presence in Boston.

During Mr. Crandall’s 15-year tenure as CEO, MassMutual has solidified its industry-leading position as a financially strong mutual company run for the benefit of its policyowners and customers. The company has grown to provide more than $1 trillion in life insurance protection and has strengthened its financial position by more than doubling its total adjusted capital to more than $33 billion. MassMutual offers a wide range of holistic financial solutions – including protection, accumulation, wealth management and retirement income products – through its domestic insurance business and global asset management operations, while also maintaining a portfolio of investments in global insurance and financial services firms which helps generate additional value to its policyowners.

Mr. Crandall first joined MassMutual in 1988 as a real estate investment trainee and assumed broader leadership roles throughout his career at the company, becoming President in 2008, and CEO and Chairman in 2010. He takes an active leadership role in a variety of organizations, serving as a member of the Business Roundtable, the Executive Committee for the American Council of Life Insurers, the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership, the Board of Trustees for The Jackson Laboratory, and the Wharton Leadership Advisory Board. He previously served on the Board of Directors for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, as well as the Smithsonian National Board and the Board of Trustees for the Lahey Hospital & Medical Center. Mr. Crandall, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), is a graduate of the University of Vermont with a bachelor’s degree in Economics. He earned his MBA with honors from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.