Eric W. Partlan is the Chief Investment Officer of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts. Eric is responsible for MassMutual’s overall investment strategy and has oversight of the company’s General Investment Account (GIA). Before assuming the role of CIO in March 2023, Eric served as Head of Portfolio Management for MassMutual for over a decade, where he led a team responsible for the company’s global asset allocation, asset liability management, overall portfolio hedging, and quantitative research and development. In addition, Eric was the CIO for MassMutual International and is CIO for MassMutual Ascend. In 2010, Eric was named Head of Investment Risk at MassMutual, where he was instrumental in developing the company’s approach to assessing and mitigating risk within its GIA. Eric joined Babson Capital Management, a former MassMutual subsidiary that is now part of Barings, in 2004, where he was a Managing Director of the Structured Credit Products Group. Prior to joining MassMutual, Eric held several engineering roles at companies including The Boeing Company and B/E Aerospace. Eric, a certified Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), is a graduate of Michigan State University with bachelor’s degrees in accounting and mechanical engineering. He earned his master’s degrees in business administration and mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as a master’s degree in industrial engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology