OLD MUTUAL PLC - APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY FINANCIAL DIRECTOR
OLD MUTUAL PLC
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Appointment of Deputy Finance Director
Old Mutual plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Hoskins as
Deputy Finance Director with effect from 10 January 2005. He will work closely
with Julian Roberts, Group Finance Director, on strengthening the worldwide
finance and risk functions and will particularly head up the programme for the
introduction of International Accounting Standards and European Embedded Value
in 2005.
Richard joins from National Australia Bank, where he held a number of senior
positions before heading up National Australia Bank`s insurance business in
Europe in 2003. A graduate of Sheffield University, he joined Deloitte in 1985,
specialising in the financial services sector. He moved with Deloitte to
Australia in 1989 and worked for a number of high profile Australian companies
including Qantas Airways, Lend Lease Corporation and MLC Limited, prior to
joining NAB in 2000.
Julian Roberts, Group Finance Director, said:
`I am very pleased to welcome Richard to Old Mutual plc. He has strong
international credentials having worked in the UK, Asia and Australia. He has a
good knowledge of insurance issues and insurance accounting and has a
sophisticated understanding of the asset management business from his time at
MLC. He is also very experienced in the compliance, risk management and
corporate governance areas. I am looking forward to working with him as Old
Mutual continues to develop its business`.
19 January 2005
Enquiries:
Old Mutual plc UK
Miranda Bellord +44 (0) 20 7002 7133
Old Mutual plc SA
Nad Pillay +27 (0) 82 553 7980
Notes to Editors:
Richard Hoskins is 40, married and lives in the United Kingdom. A summary of
his CV follows:
2000 - present National Australia Bank Ltd
2003 Chief Executive Officer, National Australia Insurance Services
2001 Chief Financial Officer, Wealth Management Europe
2000 Head of Programme Management and Integration, Wealth Management Europe
1998 MLC Limited, Deputy Chief Financial Officer
1997 Lend Lease Corporation Ltd, General Manager, Risk Management
1994 Qantas Airways, General Manager Internal Audit
1993 CSR Limited
1985 Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
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For further details about Old Mutual plc visit www.oldmutual.com
Date: 19/01/2005 01:00:03 PM
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