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Press release Aegon UK welcomes Nick Blake as Non-Executive Director

  • 13 December 2024
  • 3 min read
  • Aegon Press Team

Aegon UK announces highly experienced financial services professional Nick Blake will join the Aegon UK Board as Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. 

Nick has over 35 years of experience in the financial services industry, including over 20 years at Standard Life and over 10 years at Vanguard Asset Management Europe, where he was a founding member of its management team. Nick’s multifunctional experience covers a range of key roles across both Pensions and Asset Management and at Board and Committee level. He replaces David Dalton Brown who steps down after nine years on the Aegon UK Board.  

Nick will report to Christina McComb, OBE, Chair of the Aegon UK Board. 

Christina McComb, OBE, Chair of the Aegon UK Board, comments:

“I am delighted to welcome Nick to the Board. His skills and experience, with a keen focus on customer experience, will provide a strong complement to the Board line up. My colleagues and I look forward to working with Nick as we support the business through transformation and growth, building on the ambitious three-year strategy announced in June.  

“I would also like to take this opportunity to thank David for his exceptional contribution to the business. We wish him well for the future.” 

Nick Blake comments:

“I am very much looking forward to working with Christina and the rest of the UK Board. This is a time of great opportunity and challenge both within the industry and for Aegon UK, and I am keen to use my industry knowledge and experience to help Aegon achieve the best outcomes for its customers.” 

About Aegon
 
In the UK, Aegon offers pension and investment solutions to over 4 million customers. Aegon employs over 2,000 people in the UK and together with around 500 people employed by Atos, we serve the needs of our customers. Figures correct as at 31/12/2023. More information on aegon.co.uk
 
Aegon UK is part of the wider Aegon Group, an international financial services holding company. Aegon’s ambition is to build leading businesses that offer their customers investment, protection, and retirement solutions. Aegon’s portfolio of businesses includes fully owned businesses in the United States and United Kingdom, and a global asset manager. Aegon also creates value by combining its international expertise with strong local partners via insurance joint-ventures in Spain & Portugal, China, and Brazil, and via asset management partnerships in France and China. In addition, Aegon owns a Bermuda-based life insurer and generates value via a strategic shareholding in a market leading Dutch insurance and pensions company.
 
Aegon's purpose of helping people live their best lives runs through all its activities. As a leading global investor and employer, Aegon seeks to have a positive impact by addressing critical environmental and societal issues, with a focus on climate change and inclusion & diversity. Aegon is headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands, and listed on Euronext Amsterdam and the New York Stock Exchange. More information can be found at aegon.com
 
The information in this press release is intended solely for journalists and shouldn’t be relied upon by any other persons to make financial decisions.