Aviva Appoints U.K. Chief

Aviva has appointed Trevor Matthews as CEO of the U.K. region and as an executive director.

Aviva has appointed Trevor Matthews as CEO of the U.K. region and as an executive director, The Wall Street Journal reports. Mattews will succeed Mark Hodges, who resigned from the board of Aviva to join Towergate Insurance as CEO. At present, Matthews serves as vice chairman of Friends Life and was previously CEO of Friends Provident Holdings. He has also served as CEO of Standard Life’s U.K. life and pensions business, managing director of Legal & General in Australia and is currently Chairman of the Financial Skills Partnership in the U.K., adds Global Pensions.

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