Mike Mazzola

Mike Mazzola is the recently retired Senior Vice President and head of Alternative Investments at MetLife where he was responsible for a global portfolio of private equity, hedge fund investments and direct middle market debt and equity investments from 2007-2017. At MetLife, Mike managed one of the largest global institutional private equity portfolios in the industry. From 1998 through 2007, Mike was involved in several private equity ventures including Inter- Atlantic Fund, a financial services industry focused venture capital fund, and formed GEF Private Equity Partners, a fund of funds platform for Gefinor USA, part of a Swiss family office. Mike is a graduate of the Simon School at the University of Rochester in 1985 with a major in Public Accounting and Finance. Mike attended New College of Florida earning a BA in Economics in 1983.