Amanda Blanc and Andrew Bell awarded New Year Honours for services to financial sector
Amanda Blanc (pictured) became CEO of Aviva in July 2020.
Blanc, group CEO of Aviva, has been named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to business, gender equality and net zero.
Blanc joined Aviva in January 2020 as a non-executive director and chair of the governance committee from Zurich, where she was EMEA CEO.
She was then promoted to group CEO of the insurance giant in July 2020.
CASCAID founder Helen Wagstaff awarded MBE in New Year Honours List
Andrew Bell has also been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to the financial sector.
He co-founded AJ Bell with Nicholas Littlefair in 1995 and served as CEO until October 2022, when current CEO Michael Summersgill succeeded him in the top job.
Bell has remained at the company as a consultant, with Les Platts joining the board as Bell's representative director at the end of last year.
Other honours for the financial services sector were awarded to John Mark Yallop, the former chair of the Financial Markets Standards board, and Lynn Margaret Pamment, chair of the Financial Reporting Advisory board.
CASCAID founder Helen Wagstaff was also awarded an MBE for services to charity.
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