AvivaSenior Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development, North America
Jan. 2009 - Dec. 2011Chicago, Illinois, United States• Leadership of Regional Operating Model Program delivering greater capability at lower cost from pan-regional organisation of Finance, HR, IT, Corporate Affairs, Risk, Strategy & Corporate Development functions. • Identified and delivered $30m savings on the $300m expense base of in-scope functions. Involved business case delivery, stakeholder engagement and management with the Regional CEO and Executive Committee, workstream co-ordination and management (incl. cross-functional workstreams such as tax, communications, legal entities), benchmarking, baselining and vendor management. • Strategy business partner to Aviva Canada, working with the CEO and Executive Committee of Canada’s 2nd largest GI business to develop, communicate and deliver a refreshed strategy which saw the business increase scale and profitability.