Aviva plc has appointed Patricia Cross as an independent non-executive director of the board, effective December 1, 2013. She also will join the board audit, remuneration, and nomination committees.

Ms. Cross has over 30 years of experience as both an executive and non-executive director across a wide range of financial services and other regulated industries in the U.S., Europe, and Australia. She has served as a non-executive director of ASX-50 Australian companies for 17 years, and is currently a non-executive director of Macquarie Group Limited and Macquarie Bank Limited, where she is chair of the risk committee and a member of the audit committee. She is also a non-executive director at Qantas Airways Limited, where she is chair of the remuneration committee and is a member of the audit and nomination committees.

Until recently, Ms. Cross was a non-executive director of National Australia Bank Limited (owner of Clydesdale Bank plc in the United Kingdom), where she chaired the remuneration committee, was a nominated FCA Approved Person, served as a director of the wealth management subsidiary JB Were Pty Ltd, and was a member of the risk and nomination committees. She has previously been a non-executive director of Wesfarmers Limited, Suncorp-Metway Limited, and AMP Limited, all listed companies in Australia, and also served as chair of Qantas Superannuation Limited (the Qantas pension fund) and deputy chair of the monoline third party insurer TAC in Victoria. Prior to becoming a non-executive director, Ms. Cross worked for 16 years in senior executive positions at National Australia Bank Limited, Chase Manhattan Bank, Chase Investment Bank, and Banque Nationale de Paris.