EXHIBIT 24
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Pursuant to the authorization set forth in the instructions for the filing of Form 3, Form 4, and
Form 5, respectively (hereinafter referred to as the "Reports"), under the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby designates and
authorizes each of STEPHEN W. GAUSTER, JEANNETTE N. PINA and MARK A.
SCHUMAN to execute and file, or cause to be filed, such Reports, and any amendments
thereto, on behalf of the undersigned, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any
other proper bodies at any time when the filing of said Reports is in order, containing such
information as STEPHEN W. GAUSTER, JEANNETTE N. PINA, and MARK A.
SCHUMAN may deem advisable.

The authority of STEPHEN W. GAUSTER, JEANNETTE N. PINA, and MARK A.
SCHUMAN under this authorization shall continue until the undersigned is no longer required to
file Reports with regard to the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of MetLife,
Inc., unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in writing.

The undersigned acknowledges that STEPHEN W. GAUSTER, JEANNETTE N. PINA,
and MARK A. SCHUMAN are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


Signature: /s/ Esther Lee

Name: ESTHER LEE

Date: February 18, 2019