Directorate Change

Aviva PLC
14 January 2005






14th January 2005


                   AVIVA APPOINTS NEW NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR


Aviva plc ('Aviva') has appointed Lord Sharman of Redlynch OBE as a new
independent non-executive director.


Colin Sharman, 61, is chairman of Aegis Group plc and deputy chairman of Group 4
Securicor plc.  He is an independent non-executive director of BG Group plc and
Reed Elsevier plc and a member of the supervisory board of ABN AMRO NV. He is a
former independent non-executive director of Young & Co.'s Brewery PLC and AEA
Technology plc. Lord Sharman spent most of his career at KPMG where he became
chairman of KPMG International before his retirement in 1999.


The appointment is with immediate effect.


Pehr Gyllenhammar, Aviva's chairman, said: 'Colin has a very strong financial
background and a wealth of international business experience - I am delighted
that he has agreed to join the Aviva Board.'


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Enquiries:



Analysts:

Steve Riley, investor relations director                [phone]                                             
James Matthews, head of investor relations              [phone]

Media:

Hayley Stimpson, director of external affairs           [phone]
Sue Winston, head of group media relations              [phone]
Rob Bailhache, Financial Dynamics                       [phone]



Notes to editors:



•      Photographs of Lord Sharman are available from the media centre at 
www.aviva.com/media



•      Aviva is one of the leading providers of life and pensions to Europe with 
substantial positions in other markets around the world, making it the world's 
fifth-largest insurance group based on gross world-wide premiums.



•      Aviva's principal business activities are long-term savings, fund 
management and general insurance, with world-wide premium income and retail 
investment sales from continuing operations of £ 30 billion and assets under 
management of more than £240 billion.


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