Aviva France is pleased to announce the appointment of Bernard Barrère as the director of operations and change of Aviva France.
Aviva France is pleased to announce the appointment of Bernard Barrère as the director of operations and change of Aviva France. Bernard Barrère will report directly to Philippe Maso y Guell Rivet, managing director of Aviva France and joins the executive and strategic committee of Aviva France.
Within Aviva France, Bernard Barrère will be responsible specifically for customer services, life and damages insurance (compensation), IT, logistics, safety, organisation and methods.
Having started his professional career in Schlumberger, Bernard Barrère changed paths in 1985 and chose the insurance sector, working for Drouot insurance, Axa insurance and Pacifica. In 1998, he joined GMF where he was appointed director of IT, organisation and e-development of the Azur-GMF Group in 2000. He was then successively director of Azur insurance, claims director of Azur GMF and managing director of Fidélia Assistance. Since November 2011, he was the CEO of MMA Holdings UK, responsible for merging the British subsidiaries of the Covéa group (MMA Insurance and Provident).
Bernard Barrère graduated from the École Polytechnique, the French Institute of Actuaries and the French Centre for Insurance Studies. He is 49 years old.
Philippe Maso y Guell Rivet, managing director of Aviva France: "I am delighted to be welcoming Bernard Barrère to Aviva France to take up the role of director of operations and change. A highly respected professional in the French insurance market, Bernard Barrère’s abilities and experience will greatly benefit Aviva in terms of organisation and management. The members of the Executive and Strategic Committee of Aviva France join me in wishing him every success in his new role in Aviva France."
Patrick Dixneuf, director of operations in Aviva Europe, added that: "The arrival of
Bernard Barrère to Aviva is excellent news. He will have the opportunity to share his personal experience and good practices developed by Aviva France with the Aviva Europe executive committee."
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Email: estelle_joubert@aviva.fr
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Email: dominique_eluau@aviva.fr
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About Aviva
Aviva offers its insurance, savings and fund management products to 43 million clients. Aviva is the largest insurer in the United Kingdom and one of the main operators in life and damages insurance in Europe. Aviva Group operates under a single brand and its main areas are life insurance and long-term savings, investment management and damages insurance. Aviva’s main commitment is customer satisfaction, ensuring that its activities remain sustainable.
For more information, consult www.aviva.com/media and on Twitter: @avivaplc.
About Aviva France:
With over 180 years of experience in France, Aviva offers a full range of products to three million clients, from private individuals to small and medium enterprises. The company’s competitive advantage is based on a solid and profitable multi-distribution model (general agents, brokers, life services advisers, UFF (Union Financière de France bank) management consultants).
Aviva France also has partners such as AFER, the first savings association in France, the Crédit du Nord Group and automobile manufacturers. Aviva directly employs over 4,700 collaborators.
On 31 December 2011, it reported a consolidated operating profit of €6.1 billion and IFRS’ net assets amounted to €543 million. The company managed €79.7 billion of assets on 31 December 2011.
For more information about Aviva France on Twitter: @AvivaFrance