Ex-Aviva exec Riley awarded CBE for leadership and inclusion
Cathryn Riley has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to business leadership and inclusion in the 2026 New Years Honours List.
Riley spent more than 15 years at CGU and then Aviva working as director of broker operations for the latter and leaving the former as group chief operations director in 2013.
Her other roles at Aviva
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