Culmer appointed Aviva senior independent director
George Culmer is set to become senior independent non-executive director at Aviva when incumbent Glyn Barker retires from the insurer’s board at the end of the year.
Culmer will take up the role on 1 January, having joined Aviva in September. He was most recently chief financial officer at Lloyds Banking Group.
He had also previously been a director and chief
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