Aviva plc announced appointed George Culmer as Senior Independent Director with effect from 1 January 2020. George will succeed Glyn Barker, who retires from the Board and as Senior Independent Director on 31 December 2019, as previously disclosed. George was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Aviva on 25 September 2019 and was most recently Chief Financial Officer of Lloyds Banking Group plc . George has extensive insurance experience and, as well as the role at Lloyds Bank, he was previously a director and Chief Financial Officer of RSA Insurance Group plc; Head of Capital Management of Zurich Financial Services and Chief Financial Officer of its UK operations. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Rolls Royce Holdings plc.