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Aviva PLC
11 August 2006





News release


11 August 2006


        AVIVA ANNOUNCES CHANGE TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RESPONSIBILITIES



Aviva plc ('Aviva'), the savings, investment and insurance group, announces
today that, as a result of the proposed acquisition of AmerUs Group Co. in the
USA which will increase the size of the group's international operations
significantly, Philip Scott, executive director, Aviva International, will, from
1 September 2006, focus on the further development of Aviva's businesses in
North America and Asia Pacific.  He will also retain responsibility for the
world-wide operations of Morley Fund Management.



Philip's responsibility for Aviva's continental European operations will be
transferred to Tidjane Thiam, currently managing director, Aviva International,
who will become chief executive Aviva Europe, and will join Aviva's executive
committee.



Richard Harvey, group chief executive of Aviva plc, said:  'Philip's new role
reflects the group's determination to capitalise on the significant growth
opportunity provided by the recently announced AmerUs acquisition and the longer
term potential of Asia.  Tidjane's international experience and strategic
insight will be important qualities in the leadership of our European
operations.'

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Enquiries:



Analysts:
Charles Barrows, investor relations director               [phone]
Jessie Burrows, head of investor relations                 [phone]



Media:
Hayley Stimpson, director of external affairs               [phone]
Sue Winston, head of group media relations                  [phone]


Biographies:

Philip Scott FIA

Appointed to the Aviva plc board in May 2000. Joined Norwich Union in 1973 and
held a number of senior positions before joining the board of Norwich Union in
1993. Philip is a former chief executive and executive chairman of Norwich Union
Life (Aviva's life assurance and long-term savings business in the UK).



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Tidjane Thiam

Joined Aviva plc in 2002 as group strategy and development director from
McKinsey & Company (Paris) where he was a Partner.  Appointed managing director
of Aviva International in January 2006. Between 1994 and 1999, Tidjane went back
to the Ivory Coast, where he was successively Chief Executive Officer of the
National Bureau for Technical Studies and Development, and Minister for
Development. He began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Company in
Paris, from 1988 to 1994.



In 1999, Tidjane was named with Gordon Brown as a member of the Forum's 'Dream
Cabinet' by the World Economic Forum in Davos. Tidjane is a member of the
Commission for Africa, established by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.



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Notes to editors:

•      Aviva's executive committee comprises Aviva plc's executive directors and
members of Aviva's senior management team.



•      Aviva plc is the world's fifth-largest insurance group and the UK's
largest insurance services provider (based on gross worldwide premiums at 31
December 2005).  It is one of the leading providers of life and pension products
to Europe, with substantial positions in other markets around the world.



•      Aviva's principal business activities are long-term savings, fund
management and general insurance, with worldwide total sales of £35 billion and
assets under management of £317 billion at 31 December 2005.



•      The Aviva media centre at www.aviva.com/media includes images, company
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