OREANDA-NEWS. January 30, 2013. Aviva plc (“Aviva” or “the Company”) announces that Bob Stein has today been appointed as a non-executive director of the Company.

Bob is currently a non-executive director and vice-chair of the audit committee of Assurant, Inc (US specialty insurance). He is a member of the Society of Actuaries, the American Academy of Actuaries and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He is a Trustee Emeritus of the board of trustees of the Actuarial Foundation.

Bob spent most of his working life at Ernst & Young in the US, where he held a number of managing partner roles including in actuarial, insurance and financial services practices in the US and globally, culminating in being Managing Partner, Global Actuarial Practice.

Commenting on the appointment, John McFarlane, chairman of Aviva said: “I am delighted that Bob is joining the Aviva Board. His deep knowledge of accounting and actuarial practices, and the insurance and broader financial services sector, will be an asset to the Aviva group.”

This announcement is made pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.11.