Elizabeth (Betsy) Ward is the Chief Financial Officer of MassMutual, a leading mutual life insurance company with $500 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2023. A member of MassMutual’s Executive Leadership Team, Betsy currently leads MassMutual’s financial organization including Controllers and Accounting, Financial Planning & Analysis, Corporate Tax, Corporate Actuarial and Business Analytics, Strategy, Corporate Development, and Consumer & Market Insights areas.

Before assuming the role of Chief Financial Officer in 2016, she held the role of Chief Enterprise Risk Officer leading the enterprise risk management and actuarial division across all of the insurance and asset management companies. Prior to joining MassMutual affiliate Babson Capital Management in 2001, Betsy worked in investment portfolio management roles at American Skandia, Charter Oak Capital Management and Aeltus Investment Management, a subsidiary of Aetna Life & Casualty.

She holds a B.A. from the University of Rochester in Economics and Spanish and is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, holds a Professional Risk Manager designation from the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association, is a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and is National Association of Corporate Directorship certified.

Betsy currently serves on the Federal Advisory Council on Insurance to the Federal Insurance Office of the U.S. Treasury. She has led several other industry groups in insurance and risk management. She is a Non-Executive Director at The Hanover Group, a U.S.-based public property and casualty insurance carrier. Active in her community and with not-for-profits, she is a Trustee on the Board of the University of Rochester (NY), Trustee on the board of the Community Music School of Springfield (MA), and member of the board of Music at the Red Door (CT).