25+ years of experience in strategy, operations, and technology
Specializes in value creation and operational performance improvement
Advises private equity and insurance clients
New York
@alvarezmarsal
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Tamseel Butt is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Financial Services in New York. He advises private equity and insurance clients on strategy, operational process improvement, and transformation programs.
Mr. Butt brings more than 25 years of experience in strategy, operations, and technology with business unit responsibilities at Fortune 500 companies. He has led numerous transformation programs focusing on delivering rapid, measurable, and sustainable results.
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Butt spearheaded strategy, transformation, and operations for MetLife’s life and annuities business. He established global centers of excellence to drive cross-organizational process improvements, strengthen operational risk management, enhance customer experience, refine performance metrics, and optimize vendor management. Mr. Butt also developed and executed a comprehensive growth and optimization strategy for a $200 billion assets under management insurance entity, leading a successful carve-out, seamless integration, and establishment of independent operations.
Previously, Mr. Butt led the transformation of the global financial planning and analytics function at AIG, directing teams that developed a unified data framework to support faster and more accurate decision-making, ultimately reducing overall reporting and planning time by 50%. Earlier in his career, he led insurance operations improvement advisory services for a diverse range of clients at EY, IBM, and BearingPoint.
Mr. Butt earned a bachelor’s degree in computer studies and an MBA from Bournemouth University in the UK and Advanced Finance Program certification from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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