Robert A. Scott

Member of the Board of Directors (non-executive, independent)

Mr Scott, a British and Australian citizen born in 1942, was educated at Scots College, Wellington, New Zealand. He has been a Senior Associate of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) since 1965 and was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2002.

Mr Scott is a retired group chief executive of CGNU plc, now Aviva. In the 1990s, he was group chief executive of General Accident and, following the merger with Commercial Union in 1998, was appointed group chief executive of CGU plc. Following the merger in 2000 with Norwich Union, Mr Scott became group chief executive of CGNU plc, retiring in May 2001. Mr Scott was also chairman of the Association of British Insurers from 2000 to 2001, and a board member in the previous four years.

Robert A. Scott joined Swiss Re’s Board of Directors in 2002. He is also a director of Pension Insurance Corporation and an adviser to Duke Street Capital.

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