Aviva Plc
AV.:LN
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We're a savings, retirement and insurance business serving 31.6 million customers. Our purpose is to be with you today, for a better tomorrow.
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Sir Adrian Montague
Chairman
Appointed to the board of Aviva plc in January 2013 and became senior independent non-executive director in May 2013 and Chairman in April 2015. Sir Adrian brings his significant experience of the financial services industry and in government and regulatory circles to the Board. He is currently Chairman of The Manchester Airport Group plc (airport operator) and The Point of Care Foundation (charity). He is a Non-Executive Director of Cellmark Holdings AB (forest products). Sir Adrian was formerly Chairman of Anglian Water Group Ltd (utilities), Friends Provident plc (life insurance), British Energy Group plc (utilities), Michael Page International plc (recruitment), and Cross London Rail Links Ltd (Crossrail), and was formerly Deputy-Chairman of Network Rail Ltd (railway network authority), Partnerships UK plc (public private partnership) and UK Green Investment Bank plc (investment bank). He was also previously Chief Executive of the Treasury Taskforce and a trustee of Historic Royal Palaces.
Mark Wilson
Group chief executive officer
Mark Wilson joined the Board in December 2012 and became Group Chief Executive on 1 January 2013. Mark has over 25 years of operational and executive experience in the insurance industry across life assurance, general insurance and asset management, in both mature and growth markets. He has extensive experience of leading major international insurance companies and has an excellent track record as a focused and inspirational business leader. Mark was Chief Executive Officer and President of AIA Group (insurance), based in Hong Kong. He repositioned AIA into the leading pan-Asian insurance company, improved its market valuation and successfully navigated the company through the global financial crisis and prepared it for IPO. The company emerged as a stronger and significantly more valuable independent entity, leading to the largest IPO in corporate history in Hong Kong. Mark was previously Chief Executive Officer of AXA China and Chief Executive Officer of AXA South East Asia (insurance). He also held a number of senior management positions at National Mutual (insurance) in New Zealand, where he progressed through many of the major business functions, gaining a deep and broad knowledge of the business. Since he arrived at Aviva, Mark has set out a comprehensive strategy to turn around Aviva’s performance. He has set out an investment thesis of cashflow and growth, focusing the business on clear, simple financial metrics. In his first year, Mark has strengthened the senior management team and is leading a programme to reinvigorate Aviva’s culture, emphasising high performance and a relentless focus on serving Aviva’s customers even better. Professional qualifications and memberships Mark is a New Zealander and has a Bachelor of Management Studies degree from the University of Waikato
Thomas Stoddard
Chief financial officer
Tom joined Aviva in April 2014 as chief financial officer and a member of the Group Executive. He has worked primarily as an investment banker, including advising Aviva plc. He also has experience as a corporate lawyer and an asset based lender. From 2008 to 2014, Tom was Senior Managing Director, Head of Global Financial Institutions Advisory, at the investment and advisory firm Blackstone Advisory Partners LP with responsibility for successfully driving Blackstone’s business of advising banks, insurers and other financial institutions globally on M&A and restructuring. He also held senior investment banking positions at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (investment company) and its successor, Credit Suisse (financial services holding company), where he led the global insurance group as Managing Director. Tom also practiced corporate and securities law with Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP (US law firm) from 1992 to 1994.\" Professional qualifications and memberships Tom holds a Juris Doctor with Honours from the University of Chicago Law School. He holds a B.A. with Distinction in Economics from Swarthmore College, where he was a McCabe Scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Andy Briggs
Chief executive officer of Aviva UK & Ireland Life and Chairman of Global Life
Andy joined the Board April 2015 as chief executive officer of Aviva UK & Ireland Life, to lead Aviva’s enlarged UK Life business following the acquisition of Friends Life Group Limited where he was group chief executive. He has over 25 years of operational and executive experience in the insurance industry across life assurance and general insurance, both in the UK and overseas. At Friends Life he led the transformation of the three acquired businesses and brings his strategic and business skills, experience of organisational change and knowledge of the Friends Life business to the board. He has extensive knowledge of the UK regulated environment combined with experience in capital and risk management. Andy was formerly CEO of Scottish Widows plc (financial services), CEO of the General Insurance businesses of Lloyds Banking Group plc (financial services) and CEO of the Prudential Group’s Retirement Income business (insurance).
Sir Malcolm Williamson
Senior independent non-executive director
Sir Malcolm Williamson was appointed to the board of Aviva plc in April 2015 as senior independent non-executive director. Sir Malcolm has over 50 years’ leadership experience in the insurance and banking sectors through his Board appointments in a variety of financial services companies. Previously non-executive chairman of Friends Life Group Limited, he has extensive knowledge of the UK Life insurance market and of the Friends Life business, and a substantial understanding of the regulated financial services environment. In addition to his previous role as Chairman of Friends Life Group Limited (insurance), he was also formerly Chairman of Clydesdale Bank plc (banking), CDC Group plc (financial institution), and Britannic Group plc (fund management). He was also Deputy Chairman of Resolution plc (insurance). Prior to this, Sir Malcom was President and CEO of Visa International (financial services) and Group Chief Executive of Standard Chartered plc (banking and financial services). Sir Malcolm is currently Chairman of Cass Business School’s Strategy and Development Board, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Youth Business International Limited, Chairman of the Governing Council of the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation and Chairman of NewDay Group Limited
Glyn Barker
Independent non-executive director
Glyn has extensive experience as a business leader and a trusted adviser to FTSE100 companies and their boards on a wide variety of corporate and finance issues. He possesses a deep understanding of accounting and regulatory issues together with in-depth transactional and financial services experience. Currently Glyn is Chairman of Irwin Mitchell (law firm), Chairman of Transocean Partners LLC (offshore drilling), a Non-Executive Director of Berkeley Group Holdings plc (construction) and a trustee of English National Opera. Formerly Vice Chairman, UK of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) with responsibility for leading the executive team for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India region, following a long and successful career with the firm. He held a number of other senior positions at PwC, including UK managing partner, UK head of assurance and a member of its UK management board. He also built PwC\'s private equity focused Transactions business
Patricia Cross
Independent non-executive director
Appointed to the board of Aviva plc on 1 December 2013. Patricia has significant experience as both an executive and non-executive director across a wide range of financial services and other regulated industries in the US, Europe and Australia. She is currently Chairman of the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (superannuation services), a Non-Executive Director of Macquarie Group Limited (banking) and Macquarie Bank Limited (banking). She is a Director of the Grattan Institute (Australian think tank), and an Ambassador for the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (charity). Patricia was formerly a Non-Executive Director of Qantas Airways Limited (airline) and National Australia Bank Limited (NAB) (financial services) which was a 100% owner of Clydesdale Bank plc in the UK, and previously had held a number of senior executive positions at NAB. She has also held Non-Executive positions at Wesfarmers Limited (conglomerate including insurance), Suncorp-Metway Limited (insurance and banking) and AMP Limited (wealth management and life insurance). She was formerly Chairman of the Qantas Superannuation Fund (pension fund), Deputy Chairman of Victoria\'s Transport Accident Commission (statutory insurer, Australia) and served in honorary Australian Government roles including the Australian Financial Centre Forum and the Financial Sector Advisory Council, as well as on numerous charities. She was also Executive General Manager, wholesale banking and finance at NAB, and held a number of senior executive positions at Chase Manhattan Bank and Banque Nationale de Paris (banking).
Belén Romana García
Independent non-executive director
Appointed to the board of Aviva plc on 26 June 2015. Belén is a highly respected former senior Spanish civil servant. In 2000 she was promoted to Director General for Economic Policy, with responsibility for coordinating macroeconomic and microeconomic policy across several industry sectors. In 2003 she was appointed Head of the Spanish Treasury, reporting directly to the Minister of Economy and Finance. She has a significant knowledge of financial services, including insurance and regulation, and a broad European experience working with European Commission, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Central Bank (ECB), and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Belén was formerly President and Chairman at Sareb (asset management company), where she managed various stakeholders with interests in Spain’s economic stability across Europe; Secretary General at Círculo de Empresarios; and Strategy and Corporate Development Director at ONO (telecommunications company) with responsibility for investor relations, risk management and the internal audit departments. She has also held Non-Executive positions at Ageas (insurance), Acerinox (stainless steel manufacturing conglomerate) and Banesto (banking).
Michael Hawker
Independent non-executive director
Michael brings to the Board a wealth of knowledge and experience gained over a long career in the banking and insurance industries, in both executive and non-executive roles in Europe, Asia and Australia. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Macquarie Group Ltd (banking), Macquarie Bank Ltd (banking) and Washington H Soul Pattinson Pty and Company Ltd (investment). Michael is Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Australian Rugby Union, Non-Executive Director of SANZAR Pty Limited (rugby union) and Non-Executive Director of the International Rugby Board. With respect to medical research, Michael is Chairman of The George Institute for Global Health (research institution). He was formerly Chief Executive and Managing Director of Insurance Australia Group (insurance), Group Chief Executive of business and consumer banking at Westpac Banking Corporation (banking) and Chairman of the Insurance Council of Australia (insurance representative body).
Michael Mire
Independent non-executive director
Appointed to the board of Aviva plc on 12 September 2013. Michael has extensive experience of advising companies on and implementing transformation programmes and also brings to the Board an in-depth understanding of the financial services sector. Michael is currently the Senior Independent Director at the Care Quality Commission (the UK Government body which regulates the quality of health and adult social care and gives ratings to all hospitals, whether public or private, adult social care homes and services, and primary medical care practices). Michael was a senior partner at McKinsey & Company where he worked for more than 30 years until July 2013. Initially an associate in the Financial Services practice at McKinsey, he became a partner in 1984 and senior partner in 1991 and his career focused on financial services, retail and transformation programmes. He started his career at N M Rothschild (financial advisers) in 1970 as an analyst and then a foreign exchange dealer and spent three years seconded to the Central Policy Review Staff (now the Number 10 Policy Unit) to work on major initiatives including industrial policy and social security reform.
Bob Stein
Independent non-executive director
Appointed to the board of Aviva plc in January 2013. Bob brings significant accounting and financial services experience to the Board. He is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Assurant, Inc (US specialty insurance), a Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Resolution Life Holdings, Inc. and is a trustee emeritus of the Board of trustees of the US Actuarial Foundation. Bob spent most of his working life at Ernst & Young (accountancy) in the US, where he held a number of managing partner roles including actuarial, insurance and financial services practices in the US and globally, culminating in being Managing Partner, Global Actuarial Practice.
Scott Wheway
Independent non-executive director
Appointed to the board of Aviva plc in December 2007. Scott brings to the Board a wealth of business experience in the retail sector and his understanding of customer priorities has been greatly beneficial in driving the customer agenda and excellence in customer service within the business. Scott is currently a Non-Executive Director of Santander UK plc (retail bank). He was former Chief Executive Officer of Best Buy Europe (retail services), Director of The Boots Company plc (now known as The Boots Company Ltd) (pharmacy), Managing Director and Retail Director of Boots the Chemist at Alliance Boots plc, and Director of the British Retail Consortium (trade association for the UK retail industry). He formerly held a number of senior executive positions at Tesco plc (retail services), including Chief Executive of Tesco in Japan.