Anant Bhalla

Anant Bhalla is a Chief Executive Officer & President, American Equity Investment Life Holding, Inc.(AEL) Company

Anant Bhalla was appointed President of the Company on January 27, 2020 and Chief Executive Officer on March 1, 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Bhalla was a partner of Bhalla Capital Partners, from March 2019 to January 2020. From 2016 until 2019, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Brighthouse Financial, Inc. From 2014 until 2016, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Retail business for MetLife. Prior to MetLife, Mr. Bhalla served in numerous senior roles including Chief Risk Officer, Treasurer and other management roles at Fortune 500 companies, including American International Group, Lincoln National Corporation, and Ameriprise Financial.  

In his past career Bhalla occupied the position of Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President of Brighthouse Financial, Inc., Senior Managing Director-Global Strategy at American International Group, Inc., Chief Financial Officer-Retail & Senior VP at MetLife, Inc., Chief Risk Officer for Ameriprise Financial, Inc., Partner at Bhalla Capital Partners LLC and Treasurer, Chief Risk Officer & Senior VP at Lincoln National Corp.

Anant Bhalla received an Undergraduate degree from the University of Madras and an MBA from S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research.