Israel Grafstein

Israel Grafstein

Global Chief Compliance Officer

Israel Grafstein is Global Chief Compliance Officer, Investments Compliance. In this role, Israel leads the global compliance program for Investments, including MetLife Investment Management (MIM) and MetLife Insurance Investments (MII), as well as for MetLife Investors Distribution Company (MLIDC), and MetLife Investments Securities, LLC (MISL), our U.S. registered broker-dealers. Israel is the senior vice president and 38a-1 Compliance Officer for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company.

Israel joined MetLife in March 2021 from JPMorgan, where he was the global legal head of Managed Investments for their asset and wealth management business. Previously, he was deputy to the chief compliance officer of JPMorgan Investment Management, where he led compliance for multi asset solutions and insurance, investing in equities, private funds, real estate, and fixed income. He has also held legal and compliance leadership positions with several other asset managements, including New York Life, Morgan Stanley, and Citigroup.

Israel received his law degree from Brooklyn Law School and an MBA from Baruch College.