UK: Aviva appoints Phil Pavitt as IT transformation director

Aviva plc has announced that Phil Pavitt is to join the company as IT transformation director. Joining on 7 January 2013, he will report into Aviva’s chief operations officer Cathryn Riley.

In this newly created role, Pavitt will direct the significant IT change programme across the group. He will be responsible for rationalising and simplifying Aviva’s IT, adopting a modern digital architecture, improving service to customers and reducing IT revenue and capital expense costs.  

Phil Pavitt joins Aviva from his current position as general director of change at HMRC. Prior to this he held CIO positions in organisations such as Centrica, Virgin Media and BT. More recently, Phil Pavitt held a number of transformation positions across Government, latterly leading the successful ‘One HMRC’ change programme.

Cathryn Riley said:

“IT is central to our business and, like the transformation we are going through across Aviva, requires a step change (in what and how we deliver) in order to meet the needs of our customers. I am delighted to confirm the appointment of Phil Pavitt in this pivotal role as we simplify and modernise our IT estate.”

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