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Aviva plc
Annual report and accounts 2013
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Board of directors continued
Glyn Barker
Independent Non-Executive
Director
b.1953
Glyn was appointed to the
Board in February 2012 and
is Chairman of the Audit
Committee and a member
of the Risk and Nomination
Committees.
He is currently Chairman
of Irwin Mitchell (law rm),
a Non-Executive Director of
Transocean Limited (offshore
drilling), Berkeley Group
Holdings plc (construction)
and a trustee of English
National Opera.
He was formerly Vice
Chairman, UK of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
with responsibility for leading
the executive team for Europe,
Middle East, Africa and
India region following a
long and successful career
with the rm.
Glyn has extensive
experience as a business
leader and a trusted adviser
to FTSE100 companies and
their boards on a wide variety
of corporate and nancial
issues.
He possesses a deep
understanding of accounting
and regulatory issues together
with in-depth transactional
and nancial services
experience.
Gay Huey Evans
Independent Non-Executive
Director
b.1954
Gay was appointed to the Board
in October 2011, is a member
of the Risk, Remuneration
and Nomination Committees,
and chaired the Governance
Committee until February 2014.
She is currently a
Non-Executive Director of
ConocoPhillips (exploration
and production), Falcon
Private Wealth Ltd (wealth
management), Bank Itaú BBA
International Ltd (banking), and
the Financial Reporting Council.
Gay is also a member of the
management board of the
panel of nance experts of
the Panel of Recognised
International Market Experts
in Finance and a Trustee of
Wellbeing of Women (UK).
She was formerly Chairman
of the Board of International
Swaps and Derivatives
Association, Inc (ISDA), Vice
Chairman, Investment Banking
& Investment Management
at Barclays Capital (banking),
a Non-Executive Director of
The London Stock Exchange
Group plc (stock exchange) and
a trustee of The Wigmore Hall
Trust (charity). Prior to that,
Gay held senior management
positions at Citi Alternative
Investments (investments) and
Bankers Trust Company
(banking).
Gay has over 30 years of
experience within the nancial
services industry, having held
key positions in government
and in a number of global
nancial and banking
institutions and the Financial
Services Authority (regulatory
predecessor to the PRA
and FCA).
Michael Hawker, AM
Independent Non-Executive
Director
b.1959
Michael was appointed to
the Board in January 2010
and is Chairman of the Risk
Committee and a member
of the Audit and Nomination
Committees.
He is currently a
Non-Executive Director of
Macquarie Group Ltd,
Macquarie Bank Ltd (banking)
and Washington H Soul
Pattinson and Company Ltd
(investment).
Michael is Chairman and
Non-Executive Director of the
Australian Rugby Union and
SANZAR Pty Ltd (rugby union)
and is a member of the
International Rugby Board
Council and Executive
Committee.
With respect to medical
research, Michael is Chairman
of The George Institute for
Global Health (research
institution).
He was formerly Chief
Executive and Managing
Director of Insurance Australia
Group (insurance), Group Chief
Executive of business and
consumer banking at Westpac
Banking Corporation (banking)
and Chairman of the Insurance
Council of Australia (insurance
representative body).
Michael brings to the Board
a wealth of knowledge and
experience gained over a long
career in the banking and
insurance industries, in both
executive and non-executive
roles in Europe, Asia and
Australia.
Patricia Cross
Independent Non-Executive
Director
b.1959
Patricia joined the Board in
December 2013. She chairs
the Remuneration Committee
and is a member of the Audit
and Nomination Committees.
She is currently a Non-Executive
Director of Macquarie Group
Limited (banking) and
Macquarie Bank Ltd (banking).
She is a Director of the Grattan
Institute (Australian think tank)
and an Ambassador for the
Australian Indigenous Education
Foundation (charity).
Patricia was formerly a
Non-Executive Director of
Qantas Airways Ltd (airline)
and National Australia Bank Ltd
(NAB) (nancial services). She
was a Non-Executive Director at
Wesfarmers Ltd (conglomerate
including insurance),
Suncorp-Metway Ltd (insurance
and banking) and AMP Ltd
(wealth management and life
insurance). She was formerly
Chairman of the Qantas
Superannuation Fund (pension
fund), Deputy Chairman of
Victoria’s Transport Accident
Commission (statutory insurer,
Australia) and served in
honorary Australian
Government roles including
the Australian Financial Centre
Forum and the Financial Sector
Advisory Council, as well
as on numerous charities.
She was also Executive
General Manager, wholesale
banking and nance at NAB,
and held a number of senior
executive positions at Chase
Manhattan Bank and Banque
Nationale de Paris (banking).
Patricia has signicant
experience as both an executive
and non-executive director
across a wide range of nancial
services and other regulated
industries in the US, Europe
and Australia.