Directorate Change

Aviva PLC

22 May 2024

 

                                                        

22 May 2024

Directorate Change

Aviva plc (Aviva) announces that Cheryl Agius was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Aviva plc on 21 May 2024.

Cheryl will become a member of the Aviva plc Nomination and Governance, Risk and Customer and Sustainability Committees.

Cheryl was also appointed as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited on 21 May 2024. Cheryl was previously a Non-Executive Director of Aviva Life Holdings UK Limited, Aviva Life & Pensions Limited, and Equity Release UK Limited, all subsidiaries in the Aviva Group.

Between January 2020 and January 2021, Cheryl was Chief Executive Officer of Saga's general insurance business and an executive director of Saga plc, a UK listed company. Prior to that, Cheryl was Chief Executive Officer of Legal & General Group's general insurance business and held senior leadership roles in Legal & General's retirement division.

George Culmer, Chair, said:

"We are delighted to welcome Cheryl, who brings extensive financial services experience and knowledge of the Aviva Group to the Board."

In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rules (LR), there is no further information to be disclosed under LR 9.6.13R(1) to LR 9.6.13R(6) in respect of Cheryl Agius.

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Enquiries:

Media:
Andrew Reid	[phone]
Sarah Swailes	[phone]
Marion Fischer	[phone]
Analysts:
Rupert Taylor Rea	[phone]
Joel von Sternberg	[phone]
Michael O'Hara	[phone]

Notes to editors:

·    We are the UK's leading diversified insurer and we operate in the UK, Ireland and Canada. We also have international investments in India and China.

·    We help our 19.2 million customers make the most out of life, plan for the future, and have the confidence that if things go wrong we'll be there to put it right.

·    We have been taking care of people for more than 325 years, in line with our purpose of being 'with you today, for a better tomorrow'. In 2023, we paid £25.6 billion in claims and benefits to our customers.

·    In 2021, we announced our ambition to become Net Zero by 2040, the first major insurance company in the world to do so. We are aiming to have Net Zero carbon emissions from Aviva's operations and supply chain by 2030. While we are working towards our sustainability ambitions, we recognise that while we have control over Aviva's operations and influence on our supply chain, when it comes to decarbonising the economy in which we operate and invest, Aviva is one part of a far larger global ecosystem. There are also limits to our ability to influence other organisations and governments. Nevertheless, we remain focused on the task and are committed to playing our part in the collective effort to enable the global transition. Find out more about our climate goals at www.aviva.com/climate-goals  and our sustainability ambition and action at www.aviva.com/sustainability

·    Aviva is a Living Wage, Living Pension and Living Hours employer and provides market-leading benefits for our people, including flexible working, paid carers leave and equal parental leave. Find out more at www.aviva.com/about-us/our-people

·    As at 31 December 2023, total Group assets under management at Aviva Group were £376 billion and our estimated Solvency II shareholder capital surplus was £8.8 billion. Our shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange and we are a member of the FTSE 100 index.

·    For more details on what we do, our business and how we help our customers, visit www.aviva.com/about-us  

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