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Introducing our Chief Executive

Otto Thoresen
Otto Thoresen, CEO - AEGON in the UK
  • 2007: appointed to the new AEGON N.V. Management Board where he's also responsible for driving the variable annuities in Europe initiative and supporting new business in India.
  • 2005: appointed Chief Executive of AEGON UK in April 2005.
  • 2000: appointed AEGON UK's Finance Director.
  • 1999: following AEGON UK’s formation in January, became Group Development Director of AEGON UK.
  • 1997: appointed Corporate Development Director, Scottish Equitable.
  • 1994: returned to Scottish Equitable as Director of International Business.
  • 1992: appointed Managing Director of Royal Insurance’s offshore life business, Royal Life International.
  • 1990: joined Royal Insurance, as General Manager, Strategic Marketing.
  • 1988: moved to Abbey Life as Executive Director, Marketing.
  • 1984: appointed Marketing Manager with Scottish Equitable, after having moved to a marketing role.
  • 1982: qualified as a Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries.
  • 1978: joined Scottish Equitable and trained as an actuary.
  • 1978: graduated with a first-class honours degree in Mathematics and Statistics from Aberdeen University