Aviva plc (Aviva) is to appoint Tim Harris to the role of group chief accountant, reporting to Andrew Moss, group finance director, from mid November, subject to regulatory approval.
Aviva plc (Aviva) is to appoint Tim Harris to the role of group chief accountant, reporting to Andrew Moss, group finance director, from mid November, subject to regulatory approval.
Tim will succeed Nic Nicandrou, previously group financial control director at Aviva, who was recently appointed finance director for Norwich Union Life.
Tim joins Aviva from PricewaterhouseCoopers where he is a partner in the Global Capital Markets Group. He has extensive experience of the Aviva group having previously spent four years in Aviva’s group finance team, initially leading projects within the Global Finance Transformation Programme and latterly in the role of group financial reporting director.
Commenting on Tim’s appointment, Andrew Moss said: “Tim has been prominent in many of the emerging financial control and reporting discussions taking place within the insurance industry, both at an EU and UK level. His knowledge and experience will be an undoubted asset to Aviva as we continue to take a leading role in shaping the future for insurance standards in financial reporting.”
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- Aviva plc is the world’s fifth-largest insurance group and the UK’s largest insurance services provider (based on gross worldwide premiums at 31 December 2005), and is one of the leading providers of life and pension products to Europe, with substantial positions in other markets around the world.
- Aviva’s principal business activities are long-term savings, fund management and general insurance, with worldwide total sales of Ł36 billion and assets under management of Ł322 billion at 31 December 2005.
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