AEGON UK CEO Adrian Grace appointed to Management Board
17 Febrero 2012 - 1:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMAGN
AEGON UK CEO Adrian Grace appointed to Management Board
AEGON announces the appointment of Adrian Grace, Chief Executive Officer of
AEGON's operations in the United Kingdom, to its Management Board. Mr. Grace's
appointment is subject to the consent of the Dutch Central Bank.
AEGON's Management Board was formed in 2007 to oversee the company's businesses
internationally and the progress of its strategic growth objectives. Members of
the Management Board are drawn from AEGON's country and operating units and
have both regional and global responsibilities, ensuring that AEGON is managed
as an integrated international business. Mr. Grace, who was appointed CEO of
AEGON UK in March 2011, will continue his responsibilities for the UK and
Variable Annuities Europe in conjunction with his new Management Board role.
"Adrian has played the leading role in planning and carrying out the
transformation program currently underway within our UK business," said AEGON
CEO Alex Wynaendts. "His appointment to the Management Board is a reflection of
the continued importance our business in the UK represents within our strategic
priorities and we look forward to benefitting from his extensive experience and
insights as we address the broader opportunities and challenges for AEGON's
businesses."
The Management Board currently consists of the following members:
* Alex Wynaendts, CEO AEGON N.V.
* Jan Nooitgedagt, CFO AEGON N.V.
* Mark Mullin, CEO AEGON Americas
* Marco Keim, CEO AEGON The Netherlands
* Gábor Kepecs, CEO AEGON Central & Eastern Europe
Adrian Grace
Adrian Grace is currently CEO of AEGON's UK business, and responsible for
leading operations across all of AEGON's UK life and pensions business, and
distribution businesses and AEGON's variable annuity business in Europe. As CEO
he has been responsible for leading the major business transformation plan now
underway as AEGON UK repositions its UK business for future success. A
centerpiece of the program was achieving a reduction in operating costs by 25%
by end 2011 - which was delivered -- and refocusing the business on the two
growth markets of "at retirement" solutions and workplace savings, where AEGON
already has strong positions.
Adrian was previously Chief Operating Officer, a role he held from February
2010, and in this role was responsible for defining and initiating the business
transformation program. Adrian joined AEGON in February 2009 as Director of
Group Development.
Adrian built his career at GE Capital, where over ten years he held a variety
of business development roles including periods based in the US and Far East.
He also held managing director roles at Sage Group, HBoS and Barclays
Insurance. These roles have given Adrian broad perspective and insight into
diverse businesses. They have also given him experience of culture driven by
excellence, execution against strategy and of successfully turning around an
organization.
External Positions:
Adrian is a member of the Board of Scottish Financial Enterprise.
Forward-looking statements
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forward-looking statements as defined in the US Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. The following are words that identify such forward-looking
statements: aim, believe, estimate, target, intend, may, expect, anticipate,
predict, project, counting on, plan, continue, want, forecast, goal, should,
would, is confident, will, and similar expressions as they relate to our
company. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve
risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. We
undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which merely reflect company expectations at the
time of writing. Actual results may differ materially from expectations
conveyed in forward-looking statements due to changes caused by various risks
and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to
the following:
* changes in general economic conditions, particularly in the United States,
the Netherlands and the United Kingdom;
* changes in the performance of financial markets, including emerging
markets, such as with regard to:
* the frequency and severity of defaults by issuers in our fixed income
investment portfolios; and
* the effects of corporate bankruptcies and/or accounting restatements on the
financial markets and the resulting decline in the value of equity and debt
securities we hold;
* the effects of declining creditworthiness of certain private sector
securities and the resulting decline in the value of sovereign exposure
that we hold;
* changes in the performance of our investment portfolio and decline in
ratings of our counterparties;
* consequences of a potential (partial) break-up of the euro;
* the frequency and severity of insured loss events;
* changes affecting mortality, morbidity, persistence and other factors that
may impact the profitability of our insurance products;
* reinsurers to whom we have ceded significant underwriting risks may fail to
meet their obligations;
* changes affecting interest rate levels and continuing low or rapidly
changing interest rate levels; changes affecting currency exchange rates,
in particular the EUR/USD and EUR/GBP exchange rates;
* changes in the availability of, and costs associated with, liquidity
sources such as bank and capital markets funding, as well as conditions in
the credit markets in general such as changes in borrower and counterparty
creditworthiness;
* increasing levels of competition in the United States, the Netherlands, the
United Kingdom and emerging markets;
* changes in laws and regulations, particularly those affecting our
operations, ability to hire and retain key personnel, the products we sell,
and the attractiveness of certain products to our consumers;
* regulatory changes relating to the insurance industry in the jurisdictions
in which we operate;
* acts of God, acts of terrorism, acts of war and pandemics;
* changes in the policies of central banks and/or governments;
* lowering of one or more of our debt ratings issued by recognized rating
organizations and the adverse impact such action may have on our ability to
raise capital and on our liquidity and financial condition;
* lowering of one or more of insurer financial strength ratings of our
insurance subsidiaries and the adverse impact such action may have on the
premium writings, policy retention, profitability of its insurance
subsidiaries and liquidity;
* the effect of the European Union's Solvency II requirements and other
regulations in other jurisdictions affecting the capital we are required to
maintain;
* litigation or regulatory action that could require us to pay significant
damages or change the way we do business;
* as our operations support complex transactions and are highly dependent on
the proper functioning of information technology, a computer system failure
or security breach may disrupt our business, damage our reputation and
adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition and cash
flows;
* customer responsiveness to both new products and distribution channels;
* competitive, legal, regulatory, or tax changes that affect profitability,
the distribution cost of or demand for our products;
* changes in accounting regulations and policies may affect our reported
results and shareholder's equity;
* the impact of acquisitions and divestitures, restructurings, product
withdrawals and other unusual items, including our ability to integrate
acquisitions and to obtain the anticipated results and synergies from
acquisitions;
* catastrophic events, either manmade or by nature, could result in material
losses and significantly interrupt our business; and
* our failure to achieve anticipated levels of earnings or operational
efficiencies as well as other cost saving initiatives.
Further details of potential risks and uncertainties affecting the company are
described in the company's filings with Euronext Amsterdam and the US
Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 20-F.
These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this document.
Except as required by any applicable law or regulation, the company expressly
disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or
revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any
change in the company's expectations with regard thereto or any change in
events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
About AEGON
As an international life insurance, pension and asset management company based
in The Hague, AEGON has businesses in over twenty markets in the Americas,
Europe and Asia. AEGON companies employ over 25,000 people and have some
40 million customers across the globe.
Key figures - EUR Full year 2011 Full year 2010 Third quarter Full year
2010 2009
Underlying earnings 1.5 billion 1.8 billion 473 million 1.2 billion
before tax
New life sales 1.8 billion 2.1 billion 527 million 2.1 billion
Gross deposits 32 billion 33 billion 9.4 billion 28 billion
Revenue-generating 424 billion 413 billion 405 billion 363 billion
investments (end of
period)
Contact information
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www.aegon.com
FEBRUARY 17, 2012
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