Usman Malik

I am a first-generation American and have lived and worked in New York for the past 27 years.

I love the fact more than 800 languages are spoken in New York City, that you can ride your bike across the Brooklyn Bridge, that New Yorkers drink seven times more coffee than people in the rest of America, that you can find any type of food at any time of day or night in NYC, and that New York City is such a big melting pot filled with so many ethnic micro neighborhoods.

I grew up in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. By the time I was fourteen years old, I had traveled to eighteen countries across three continents. I had learned to speak five languages and developed a love for food from all over the world! 

I have been blessed with good health, a loving and supportive family and an amazing career through which I have been able to experience a wonderful life serving people across the world. My wife and I met in college and have been married for 26 years. We live in a small village in Westchester County, New York with our twelve year-old son. We love our diverse and culturally-rich community and cherish the friendships that we have made over the years.

Our family is actively involved in serving our community. My wife is deeply committed to volunteering within the school system. I serve as member of the Advisory Board of Turning Point for Women and Families, an NYC-based organization whose mission is to help Muslim women and girls affected by domestic violence to empower themselves and transform their own lives as well as those of their families.

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My team and I are driven by a deep-rooted desire to make a positive impact to our planet and to humankind by supporting organizations that are on the front lines helping to protect our environment, caring for and building our societies, and campaigning for equal opportunities for all of us and for our children.

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Being a mutual company means Northwestern Mutual reports to its clients, not Wall Street. They don't believe in chasing fads or taking undue risk for short-term gains. Instead, they take a long-term approach—both in the way we help people plan to reach their goals, and in the way they do business. This has served their clients (and mine) well through all kinds of economic ups and downs, including wars, recessions, even the recent pandemic.

It's why I'm happy to be part of a company that's in it for the long-haul and prioritizes clients over profit.