19th Apr 2005 10:08
Aviva PLC19 April 2005 News release 19th April 2005 AVIVA ANNOUNCES A NEW INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Aviva announces today that Mary Francis (56) is to be appointed to the Board ofAviva plc as an independent non-executive director. She is currently anon-executive director of the Bank of England and of Centrica plc, and wasformerly Director General of the Association of British Insurers (ABI). Beforejoining the ABI in 1999 Mary was a senior Treasury civil servant and heldappointments as Private Secretary to the Prime Minister and Deputy PrivateSecretary to the Queen. She will join the Board of Aviva on 1st October 2005. Pehr Gyllenhammar, Aviva's chairman, said: "Mary has a most distinguishedrecord. She has extensive experience of both government affairs and business onan international level, having held a number of senior appointments at HMTreasury and more recently, as Director General of the ABI. We shall benefitgreatly from her knowledge and I am delighted to welcome her to our Board." - ends - Enquiries Media: Hayley Stimpson, director of external affairs +44 (0)20 7662 7544Sue Winston, head of group media relations +44 (0)20 7662 8221 Analysts:Nicole Marques, investor relations executive +44 (0)20 7662 8302 Notes to editors: • Born in 1948, Mary Francis was educated at JamesAllen's Girls School in Dulwich, London and at Newnham College, Cambridge.Having joined the Civil Service, Mary spent much of her career there in HMTreasury, focusing on European and financial services policy. Mary was appointed Financial Counsellor at the British Embassy in Washington DC(1990-1992): Private Secretary to the Prime Minister with responsibility fordomestic and economic affairs (1992-1995): and Deputy Private Secretary to theQueen (1995-1999). Mary held the post of Director General of the Association ofBritish Insurers from 1999 to 2005. Mary is a non-executive director of the Bank of England, a non-executivedirector of Centrica plc, a member of the Press Complaints Commission, a memberof the Advisory Board of the National Consumer Council and a trustee of theAlmeida Theatre in London • A photograph of Mary Francis is available from theAviva media centre at www.aviva.com/media • Aviva is the world's fifth-largest insurance groupbased on gross world-wide premiums and one of the leading providers of life andpensions to Europe with substantial positions in other markets around the world. • Aviva's principal business activities are long-termsavings, fund management and general insurance, with world-wide premium incomeand retail investment sales from continuing operations of £33 billion and assetsunder management of £273 billion. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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