Brighthouse Financial, Inc. announced that on November 1, 2021, its Board of Directors appointed Carol D. Juel as an independent member of the Board, effective November 17, 2021. Ms. Juel is currently executive vice president, chief technology and operating officer of Synchrony Financial. Prior to her current role, she served as Synchrony?s chief information officer from 2014 to June 2021. Prior to Synchrony, she served as chief information officer of GE Capital Retail Finance. During her ten years with GE, Ms. Juel held a variety of senior leadership roles in technology governance, security, business development, digital and marketing. Before joining GE, she was a technology consultant at Accenture, where she focused on the financial services sector.