People: Metlife Inc (MET.N)

Mr. Frans Hijkoop is Chief Human Resource Officer, Executive Vice President of MetLife, Inc. Prior to this role, he was chief personnel officer and senior vice president of human resources for PepsiCo's more than 100 international markets outside North America. Hijkoop worked at PepsiCo earlier in his career, from 1996-2003. In between his positions at PepsiCo, Hijkoop served in London as chief human resources officer and as an executive committee member at Lloyds TSB PLC. He was responsible for all human resources activities including executive talent development and succession planning at the company, a FTSE 100 firm with 70,000 employees in 20 countries. Earlier in his career, Hijkoop was a human resources executive with Unilever PLC in London and with Mobil Oil B.V. in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He earned his master's degree in English from Utrecht University in 1985.