Amanda Blanc

Dame Amanda Blanc
Born
Amanda Jayne Blanc

(1967-08-08) 8 August 1967 (age 57)
NationalityUK
Education
OccupationBusinesswoman
Years active1988–present
TitleGroup CEO, Aviva
TermJuly 2020–present
PredecessorMaurice Tulloch

Dame Amanda Jayne Blanc DBE (born 8 August 1967)[1] is a Welsh businesswoman who has been the group chief executive officer of Aviva since July 2020.[2] Aviva has 19.2 million customers across the UK, Ireland and Canada, £376 billion of group assets under management and 23,000 people.[3]

Blanc was previously CEO EMEA & Global Banking at Zurich Insurance Group and Group CEO Axa UK, PPP and Ireland at Axa. The first woman to chair the Association of British Insurers and a past president of the Chartered Insurance Institute, she has held a number of non-executive roles, including chair of the Welsh Professional Rugby Board.[4][5]

  1. ^ Treanor, Jill (20 December 2020). "Interview: Amanda Blanc, Aviva's rugby-loving boss". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 29 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Aviva appoints Amanda Blanc as chief". FT.com. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Annual Report 2023". www.aviva.com. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  4. ^ Thomas, Simon (20 December 2019). "The woman just handed one of the biggest jobs in Welsh rugby". walesonline. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  5. ^ "A View from the Top with insurance boss Amanda Blanc". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019.