Directorate Change

Aviva PLC
06 May 2003



6 May 2003

AVIVA APPOINTS TWO NEW NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Aviva plc ('Aviva') has appointed two new independent Non-Executive Directors.

Mrs Anna Catalano (43) is Group Vice President Marketing of BP plc. Mrs.
Catalano is American and brings both international business and marketing
experience.

Ms Carole Piwnica (45) is non-executive Vice Chairman, Government Affairs, Tate
& Lyle plc and a lawyer admitted to the Bar in New York and in Paris. Ms.
Piwnica is Belgian and brings both business experience and knowledge of the
regulatory environment in the European Union.

The appointments will take effect from 8 May 2003.

As previously announced, Sir Michael Partridge, an independent non-executive
director will retire from the Board on 7 May 2003.

Pehr G Gyllenhammar, Aviva's Chairman, said: 'Our new Directors will bring new
knowledge, experience and diversity to our Board. The recruitment of Mrs
Catalano and Ms Piwnica is an important step in making the Aviva Board truly
international.'


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Enquiries:

Pehr G Gyllenhammar, Chairman                [phone]

Notes to editors

Aviva is the largest provider of life and pensions to Europe with substantial
positions in other markets around the world, making it the world's
seventh-largest insurance group based on gross worldwide premiums.


Aviva's principal business activities are long-term savings, fund management and
general insurance, with worldwide premium income and retail investment sales
from continuing operations of £28 billion and assets under management of more
than £200 billion.


Photographs of Anna Catalano and Carole Piwnica are available from the media
centre at www.aviva.com


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