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Dame Amanda Blanc - CEO of Aviva | Podcast | In Good Company | Norges Bank Investment Management

2025-10-29 · 3 company · 3 thematic

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Amanda Blanc has been CEO of Aviva since July 2020, leading a major transformation including portfolio focus, deleveraging, and the £3.7B acquisition of Direct Line. She previously held leadership roles at AXA and Zurich. She was appointed Dame in 2024 for contributions to business, climate, and gender diversity.

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“So, we took decisions very early on about focusing the portfolio. We sold eight businesses for 8 billion pounds within the first sort of 12 to 24 months and by doing that we were able to meet our second objective which is about delevering…”

—amanda blanc

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