Aviva 2001 Annual Report Download - page 33

Pehr Gyllenhammar (66) Chairman and non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 1997, becoming Chairman in 1998.
Former Executive Chairman of AB Volvo. Currently a Managing
Director of Lazard Freres & Co. LLC, Chairman of the Trustees of
Reuters Founders Share Company Limited and of Swedish Ships
Mortgage Bank and a member of the Supervisory Board of Lagardère
SCA. Chairman of the Nomination Committee.
George Paul DL (62) Deputy Chairman and
non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in May 2000 as Deputy Chairman. Joined the
Norwich Union Board as a non-executive director in 1990, becoming
Chairman in 1994. Non-executive Chairman of Agricola Group
Limited and of Fleming Overseas Investment Trust plc and a
non-executive director of Notcutts Limited. A former Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of Harrisons & Crosfield plc. Senior
non-executive director.Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and
member of the Audit Committee.
Richard Harvey FIA (51) Group Chief Executive
Appointed Group Chief Executive in April 2001 having been
previously appointed to the Board as Deputy Group Chief Executive
in May 2000. Joined Norwich Union in 1992, holding senior positions
in New Zealand and the United Kingdom before joining the Norwich
Union Board in 1995 and becoming Group Chief Executive in 1998.
Member of the Nomination Committee.
Mike Biggs ACA (49) Executive director
Appointed Group Finance Director in March 2001 having been
previously appointed to the Board in May 2000 as executive director
responsible for the Group’s general insurance operations in the UK.
Joined Norwich Union in 1991 and the Norwich Union Board in
1996. Held a number of executive appointments in Norwich Union,
becoming Finance Director in 1997.
Guillermo de la Dehesa (60) Non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in May 2000. Joined the Board of Norwich
Union as a non-executive director in 1999. Former Chief Executive
of Banco Pastor and currently a director. A former Deputy General
Manager of the Bank of Spain (1980-1983) and Secretary of State of
Commerce (1983-1986) and Finance (1986-1988) in Spain. Currently
Chairman of Plus Ultra, non-executive Vice-Chairman of Goldman
Sachs Europe and a director of Campofrio, Unión Eléctrica Fenosa
and Telepizza. Member of the Audit and Nomination Committees.
Wim Dik (63) Non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 1999, having served as a Chairman
of Nuts Ohra, a Dutch insurer acquired by the Group in 1999.
A former Chairman of Nederlandse Unilever Bedrijven BV and
former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of KPN, Royal Dutch
Telecom. Currently a member of the Supervisory Board of ABN
AMRO Bank and TNT Post Group, an advisory member of the
Boards of Unilever and a non-executive director of CMG plc.
Professor of ICT Management at Delft University. Member of the
Remuneration Committee.
Sir Michael Partridge KCB (66) Non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in May 2000. Joined the Board of Norwich
Union as a non-executive director in 1996. Former Permanent
Secretary, Department of Social Security, Chairman of Middlesex
University and non-executive director of The Stationery Office.
Currently non-executive director of Methodist Ministers Pension
Trust Limited, Epworth Investment Management Limited and
Harefield Research Foundation. Member of the Audit Committee.
Philip Scott FIA (48) Executive director
Appointed to the Board in May 2000. Joined Norwich Union in
1973 and the Board of Norwich Union in 1993. Held a number
of senior positions in Norwich Union, becoming Chief Executive
UK life and long-term savings in March 1999. Currently executive
director with responsibility for the Group’s UK life and long-term
savings operations.
Patrick Snowball (51) Executive director
Appointed to the Board in March 2001 as executive director with
responsibility for the Group’s general insurance operations in the UK.
He was previously a director of Norwich Union, appointed in October
1999, having joined that company in 1989.
Derek Stevens (63) Non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 1995. A former director and Chief Financial
Officer of British Airways Plc and a former Finance Director of
TSB Group plc. Currently Chairman of the Trustees of British Airways
Pension Scheme. Chairman of the Audit Committee and Chairman
of the CGNU Staff Pension Scheme.
Philip Twyman FIA (57) Executive director
Appointed to the Board in June 1998. Joined the Board of General
Accident in 1996 as executive director responsible for finance,
life and investment operations. Currently executive director
with responsibility for the Group’s international and fund
management operations.
Elizabeth Vallance (56) Non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in May 2000. Joined the Board of Norwich
Union as a non-executive director in 1995. Currently Chairman of the
NHS Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards, Fellow of Queen
Mary and Westfield College, University of London and Chairman of
Council of the Institute of Education, University of London, non-
executive director of Charter European Trust plc and a former non-
executive director of HMV Group Limited. Member of the
Remuneration and Nomination Committees.
André Villeneuve (57) Non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 1996. Chairman of Instinet Corporation
and a non-executive director of United Technologies Corporation.
A former executive director of Reuters plc. Member of the
Remuneration Committee.
Tony Wyand (58) Executive director
Appointed to the Board in 1987. Joined Commercial Union in 1971
and worked for the Group in the UK, the United States and France.
Currently responsible for the Group’s operations in continental
Europe and Ireland. A non-executive director of Société Générale,
UniCredito Italiano and Grosvenor Group Holdings Limited.
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