Patrick Regan

Patrick Regan
chief financial officer, Aviva plc

chief financial officer, Aviva plc

born March 1966, British

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Education

• First Class degree in Mathematics from Leeds University
• Chartered accountant

Career

Patrick Regan joined the board of Aviva plc in February 2010 as chief financial officer and also became a member of Aviva's executive committee.

Patrick moved to Aviva from Willis Group Holdings Limited where he was group chief financial officer and chief operating officer. He joined Willis Group as chief financial officer in 2006 and took on the additional role of chief operating officer in 2008. In these roles, he was responsible for group finance, human resources, investor relations, mergers and acquisitions, risk management, claims and real estate. He was also chairman of Willis Capital Markets and Advisory, the investment banking business which he established.

Key achievements during his time at Willis include leading the $2.1 billion acquisition of Hilb Rogal & Hobbs (a US public company), redesigning the group capital structure and implementing new group-wide risk management processes.

Before joining Willis, Patrick was group financial controller at Royal & Sun Alliance plc. In this role, he was responsible for investor relations, financial analysis, financial management information, financial reporting, regulatory projects and group planning.

Other previous roles include finance and claims director, UK general insurance at AXA SA, where he led teams working on finance, claims, actuarial strategy, procurement, risk management and compliance, capital management and mergers and acquisitions; controller, General Electric, where he was global controller for the consumer finance business in his last year with the company; and various roles at Grant Thornton, where he focused on corporate finance transactions and led the execution of various acquisition and disposal assignments.

Career summary

External board appointments and affiliations

Patrick is a member of the CFO Forum.

Skills and experience

Patrick brings to the Board, a global perspective and a disciplined and highly strategic approach, in addition to a deep understanding of the insurance business.

Membership of board committees

None.

Outside of work

Patrick spends his leisure time playing sport with his children, watching movies, travelling and cooking.

Presentations and interviews

• 20 Sep 11: KBW 2011 Financials Conference

  • Presentation slides PDF (557KB)

• 02 Sep 11: Nomura Financial Services Conference 2011

  • Presentation slides PDF (558KB)

• 03 Mar 11: Preliminary results - 12 months ended 31 December 2010

  • Webcast View
  • Presentation slides PDF (1.08MB)

• 20 Jan 11: Aviva plc investor and analyst day

  • Capital, cash and profits II: The balance sheet PDF (1.39MB)
  • Webcast View
  • Pat Regan interview View

• 2 Jul 10: Aviva plc analyst finance update

  • Capital, cash and profits PDF (1.17MB)
  • Webcast View
  • Andrew Moss and Pat Regan interview View

• 4 Mar 10: Preliminary results - 12 months ended 31 December 2009

  • Presentation slides PDF (1.22MB)