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Aviva CEO Blanc awarded Damehood and ex-RSA boss Hester knighted in New Years Honours List

Amanda Blanc, Aviva
Photo: Aviva

Amanda Blanc, the group chief executive officer of Aviva, has been awarded a Damehood in King Charles the Third’s second New Years Honours List.

She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for “services to business, to gender equality and to net-zero”.

Blanc, pictured, who took over as CEO of Aviva in the summer of 2020

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