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3. Patrick Regan
Chief financial officer (Age 44)
Appointed to the Board in February 2010
as Chief Financial Officer. Previously
group chief financial officer and group
chief operating officer at Willis Group
Holdings Limited (insurance broking).
Formerly group financial controller for
RSA plc (insurance) and finance and
claims director, UK general insurance for
Axa Insurance (insurance). He also held a
number of senior management positions
at GE Capital (financial services) and
specialised in corporate finance and
investigations at Grant Thornton
(professional services).
4. Mark Hodges
Executive director (Age 44)
Appointed to the Board in June 2008.
Joined Norwich Union in January 1991
and held a number of senior roles within
the finance function before becoming
finance director of Norwich Union
Insurance in 1998, managing director of
Norwich Union General Insurance in 2005
and chief executive of Norwich Union
Life, the Group’s long-term savings
business in the UK, in 2006. Appointed
chief executive of Aviva UK, comprising
Aviva UK Life (formerly Norwich Union
Life), and Aviva UK General Insurance
(formerly Norwich Union Insurance), the
Group’s insurance and motoring services
business in the UK, in January 2010.
5. Andrea Moneta
Executive director (Age 44)
Appointed to the Board in September 2009.
Joined as chief executive of Aviva Europe in
July 2008, and currently chief executive
officer, Aviva Europe, Middle East and
Africa. Previously managing director of
Dubai Financial Group (financial services)
and formerly held a number of senior
executive positions with UniCredit
(banking), the European Central Bank
(banking), and Accenture (consulting).
6. Mary Francis CBE
Independent non-executive director
(Age 61)
Appointed to the Board in October 2005.
Currently senior independent director of
Centrica plc (utilities), a non-executive
director of Cable & Wireless plc (telecoms)
and a director of Almeida Theatre
Company Limited. A senior adviser to
Chatham House and Governor of the
Pensions Policy Institute. Formerly Director
General of the Association of British
Insurers, non-executive director of the
Bank of England, Alliance & Leicester plc
(banking), Fund Distribution Limited,
St Modwen Properties plc (property
development) and a senior civil servant.
Chairman of the risk and regulatory
committee and a member of the audit,
nomination and remuneration
committees.
7. Richard Karl Goeltz
Senior independent non-executive
director (Age 67)
Appointed to the Board in May 2004.
Currently a non-executive director of the
Warnaco Group Inc (clothing), the New
Germany Fund (investment trust), the
Central Europe and Russia Fund (investment
trust), the European Equity Fund (investment
trust) and a governor of The London School
of Economics and Political Science. Former
vice chairman and chief financial officer of
American Express Company (financial
services) and director and chief financial
officer of NatWest Group plc (banking).
Former non-executive director of Delta Air
Lines, Inc (transport) and Federal Home
Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac)
(financial services) and a former member
of the Accounting Standards Board (UK).
Member of the audit and nomination
committees.
8. Euleen Goh
Independent non-executive director
(Age 54)
Appointed to the Board in January 2009.
Currently a non-executive director of
Singapore Airlines Limited (transport),
DBS Bank Limited and DBS Group
Holdings Ltd (banking) and the Singapore
Exchange Limited. Former chief executive
officer of Standard Chartered Bank in
Singapore (banking). Member of the audit
and corporate responsibility committees.
9. Michael Hawker
Independent non-executive director
(Age 50)
Appointed to the Board in January 2010.
Currently an advisory board director at
General Enterprise Management Services
International Limited (GEMS), the Hong
Kong-based private equity firm and a
non-executive director of Australian
Rugby Union. Formerly chief executive
and managing director of Insurance
Australia Group Limited (insurance), the
largest general insurance company in
Australia. Member of the risk and
regulatory committee.
10. Carole Piwnica
Independent non-executive director
(Age 52)
Appointed to the Board in May 2003. A
member of the New York and Paris Bars.
Currently a director of Naxos UK (private
equity) and a non-executive director of
Toepfer International GmbH (trading),
Dairy Crest Group plc (dairy products)
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and a member of the biotech advisory
board of Monsanto (biotechnology).
Former chairman of Amylum Group
(agricultural/industrial). Former non-
executive director and vice- chairman of
governmental affairs for Tate & Lyle plc
(agricultural/industrial) and a non-
executive director of S A Spadel N.V.
(food and beverages). Chairman of the
corporate responsibility committee and
member of the remuneration committee.
11. Leslie Van de Walle
Independent non-executive director
(Age 53)
Appointed to the Board in May 2009.
Formerly chief executive officer of Rexam
plc (packaging), executive vice president
of retail for oil products and head of oil
products, a division of Shell Europe Royal
Dutch Shell plc and non-executive director
of Aegis Group plc (media services).
Formerly held a number of senior
management positions with Cadbury
Schweppes plc (consumer goods) and
United Biscuits Limited (consumer goods).
Member of the remuneration and risk and
regulatory committees.
12. Russell Walls
Independent non-executive director
(Age 66)
Appointed to the Board in May 2004.
Currently non-executive director of Signet
Jewelers Limited (retail) and treasurer and
trustee of The British Red Cross. Former
group finance director of BAA plc
(transport), Wellcome plc (pharmaceuticals)
and Coats Viyella plc (textiles). Former non-
executive director of Delphic Diagnostics
Limited (medical), senior independent non-
executive director of Stagecoach Group plc
(transport) and Hilton Group plc (leisure)
and a former non-executive director of the
Mersey Docks and Harbour Company
(transport). Chairman of the audit
committee and a member of the
nomination and the risk and regulatory
committees.
13. Scott Wheway
Independent non-executive director
(Age 43)
Appointed to the Board in December 2007.
Currently chief executive of Best Buy Europe
(retail services). Former director of The Boots
Company plc (pharmacy) and managing
director of Boots the Chemist at Alliance
Boots plc. Formerly held a number of senior
management positions at Tesco plc (retail
services). Chairman of the remuneration
committee and member of the corporate
responsibility committee.
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