PLC board changes

Aviva PLC
10 January 2007




News release

10 January 2007



 AVIVA ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT OF RICHARD HARVEY IN JULY 2007 AND APPOINTS ANDREW
                  MOSS TO SUCCEED HIM AS GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE


Aviva plc ('Aviva') the savings, investments and insurance group, has announced
today that, after almost a decade in a CEO role, Richard Harvey has expressed
his intention to retire as group chief executive on 11 July 2007.

The Board is delighted to announce that Andrew Moss, currently Aviva's group
finance director, will succeed Richard following his retirement as group chief
executive.  Philip Scott, currently executive director, Aviva International,
will become group finance director and Patrick Snowball, appointed executive
director, Aviva UK, in January last year, will continue to be responsible for
Norwich Union, RAC and Aviva's offshore services.

Lord Sharman of Redlynch, Aviva's chairman, said: 'Richard Harvey is a class act
by anyone's standards.  His professionalism, skill, and foresight have made a
lasting, positive contribution not only to Aviva but to the international
insurance industry.


'When I became Aviva's chairman, Richard signalled to me that he may not want to
stay until the normal retirement age of 60.  This is characteristic of his
openness, integrity, capacity for thinking well-ahead and innate desire to do
what is right.  I respect his wish to apply his many and varied talents to other
ventures, all of which will undoubtedly benefit from his visionary insight and
strong leadership.


'I am delighted that Andrew Moss has agreed to succeed Richard as Aviva's group
chief executive.  He has extensive knowledge of the insurance sector and an
excellent track record in the international financial services industry.  I am
looking forward to working with him as he leads Aviva through the next phase of
its growth.



'Philip Scott will bring his exemplary track record in building Aviva's
businesses outside the UK, together with his actuarial and financial knowledge,
to the role of group finance director, and Patrick Snowball will continue to
drive forward his successful programme of change within the UK businesses.'


Richard Harvey led the successful demutualisation of Norwich Union in 1997 and
then, in 2000, led the merger of the company with CGU to create Aviva, the UK's
largest insurance group and the fifth largest in the world.  He has made a major
contribution to the savings, investment and insurance industry as group chief
executive of Aviva and as a former chairman and current board member of the
Association of British Insurers (ABI), deputy chairman of the Geneva
Association, member of the European Financial Services Roundtable (EFR), former
chairman of the ABI European Committee and former board member of the Comite
Europeen des Assurances (CEA). He is also a member of the CBI's President's
Committee.


Commenting today, Richard Harvey said: 'I am proud of having helped to create in
Aviva a business that has scale, presence and identity in more than 25 markets
across the world.  Aviva is now one of the outright leaders in the global
insurance industry with an increasingly powerful brand that is instantly
recognisable and highly differentiated in international markets.  With almost 10
years as a CEO under my belt, there are other dimensions to my life and other
things I want to achieve in both international charity work and the business
world.


'Now is the right time for me to set out on my next adventure while I have the
energy and desire to make a difference.  Having built a management team at Aviva
which has real strength and depth I know that I will leave the company in expert
hands.'


Andrew Moss joined Aviva as group finance director in May 2004.  At Aviva, he
has developed and enhanced the group finance function worldwide and led the
early adoption of EEV and IFRS reporting standards ahead of the industry.  He is
an authority on risk and capital management, and a member of the CFO Forum.  He
was previously at Lloyd's of London where he was director of finance, risk
management and operations.  Before that, he held a number of international roles
at HSBC, including CFO, investment banking and markets, and head of group asset
and liability management.



Commenting today, Andrew Moss said: 'I am very excited at the prospect of
leading Aviva through the next stage in its development.  Aviva is a high
quality and distinctive company which is earning a reputation for excellence in
the global marketplace. I am looking forward to working with our strong,
dedicated and talented management team as we build on our worldwide platform and
identify new opportunities for growth.'



In addition to his role as group finance director, Philip Scott will retain his
responsibility for Morley Fund Management.  An announcement will be made in due
course regarding the management of the other businesses for which he is
currently responsible.



The appointments are all effective from 12 July 2007.



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Enquiries



Media

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



Analysts

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



Notes to editors

Governance:

•         The board was assisted and advised on the process of appointing a new
chief executive by Anna Mann of MWM Consulting. As part of the succession
process the board prepared an 'ideal candidate' profile and identified a
shortlist of external candidates considered able to match the profile, against
which the company's internal candidates were benchmarked. Based on this
assessment the internal candidates were interviewed and assessed by a number of
Aviva's independent non-executive directors following which the group's
nomination committee was able to make a recommendation to the board.



Executive biographies:

•         Richard Harvey, 56, joined the group in 1992 as chief executive of
Norwich Union's New Zealand interests.  He returned to the UK in 1993 as general
manager (finance).  As group finance director, he was instrumental in the
demutualisation and flotation of Norwich Union in 1997 and, following a period
as deputy group chief executive, became group chief executive of Norwich Union
on 1 January 1998.  His notable achievements include the successful merger of
Norwich Union and CGU in May 2000 to create Aviva, the world's fifth largest
insurance group, a leading insurer in Europe and the biggest UK insurer.  Since
then, Aviva has developed its international footprint, primarily in long-term
savings in Europe and Asia, and has become a world leader in bancassurance. It
acquired RAC in 2005 which enabled the group's UK general insurance business to
create a powerful new force in the UK insurance and motoring services industry.
More recently, he has overseen the acquisition of AmerUs, a leader in the
high-growth US indexed market, which expands Aviva's US presence four-fold.



•         Andrew Moss, 48, joined Aviva in May 2004 as group finance director,
becoming a main board director at that time. He joined Aviva from Lloyd's of
London where he was director - finance, risk management and operations.  He
formerly held a number of international senior management positions in HSBC.
Andrew is a chartered accountant and is a member of the Association of Corporate
Treasurers.



•         Philip Scott, 53, is currently responsible for the group's
international long-term savings and general insurance businesses in North
America and Asia-Pacific.  He is also responsible for Morley Fund Management and
will retain this responsibility in his new role. Philip joined Norwich Union in
1973 and held a number of senior positions before joining the board of Norwich
Union in 1993. He was previously chief executive and executive chairman of
Norwich Union Life, Aviva's long-term savings business in the UK.  He is a
Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries.



•         Patrick Snowball, 56, is responsible for Aviva's UK businesses, namely
Norwich Union Insurance, Norwich Union Life and RAC. He is also the executive
director with responsibility for Aviva Global Services, the group's offshore
operations.  Patrick joined the group in 1989, holding a number of senior
management positions before joining the board of Norwich Union in 1999. He is a
member of the Financial Services Authority's practitioner panel.



About Aviva:

•         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 worldwide premiums at 31
December 2005.



•         Aviva's principal business activities are long-term savings, fund
management and general insurance, with worldwide total sales of £36 billion and
assets under management of £322 billion at 31 December 2005.



Photography:

•         Photographs of all Aviva board members can be downloaded from the
Aviva image library at www.aviva.com/media










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