Aegon UK will welcome Amanda Wright as General Counsel and Company Secretary in May 2025, subject to regulatory approval. Reporting to Mike Holliday-Williams, Chief Executive of Aegon UK, Amanda joins Aegon from Chesnara plc where she was Group General Counsel and Company Secretary and a member of the Executive Leadership Team.
Prior to her role at Chesnara, Amanda spent 15 years with Standard Life (subsequently Abrdn), where she held several senior leadership roles including Head of Legal for the platform business and latterly Head of Strategic Relationships.
Amanda takes over from James MacKenzie, who held the role of General Counsel and Company Secretary since 2009, and stepped down at the end of 2024 to take on the role of Head of Investor Relations at Target Fund Managers.
Mike Holliday-Williams, Chief Executive of Aegon UK, comments:
“I’m very much looking forward to working with Amanda when she joins in May, and to the support she will provide me and the rest of the Executive team at such an important time in our transformation journey.
“I’d like to take this opportunity to thank James for his exceptional service and commitment during his time at Aegon and wish him well with this next chapter in his outstanding career.“
Amanda Wright comments:
“I’m delighted to be joining Aegon and am looking forward to working with the Executive team to deliver Aegon’s ambition to build the UK’s leading digital savings and retirement platform.
"It is a privilege to be leading the Legal and Secretariat team in continuing to support the company’s transformation in collaboration with colleagues across the business.”
About Aegon
In the UK, Aegon offers pension and investment solutions to over 4 million customers. Aegon employs over 2,000 people in the UK and together with around 500 people employed by Atos, we serve the needs of our customers. Figures correct as at 31/12/2023. More information on aegon.co.uk/about-us
Aegon UK is part of the wider Aegon Group, an international financial services holding company. Aegon’s ambition is to build leading businesses that offer their customers investment, protection, and retirement solutions. Aegon’s portfolio of businesses includes fully owned businesses in the United States and United Kingdom, and a global asset manager. Aegon also creates value by combining its international expertise with strong local partners via insurance joint-ventures in Spain & Portugal, China, and Brazil, and via asset management partnerships in France and China. In addition, Aegon owns a Bermuda-based life insurer and generates value via a strategic shareholding in a market leading Dutch insurance and pensions company.
Aegon's purpose of helping people live their best lives runs through all its activities. As a leading global investor and employer, Aegon seeks to have a positive impact by addressing critical environmental and societal issues, with a focus on climate change and inclusion & diversity. Aegon is headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands, and listed on Euronext Amsterdam and the New York Stock Exchange. More information can be found at aegon.com
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