ON THE BOARD: Charlotte Jones joins Aviva as Chief financial officer

ON THE BOARD: Aviva poaches Charlotte Jones from RSA as its Chief financial officer

Aviva  has appointed a female finance boss making it the second firm in the FTSE 100 after NatWest to have women in the top two jobs.

Charlotte Jones, 53, who is chief financial officer at RSA Insurance and has held the same job at Jupiter Fund Management, starts in September.

The mother of three, who is a keen runner and cyclist from Bury, Lancashire, and has also had senior roles at Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank, will work with chief executive Amanda Blanc.

source: dailymail.co.uk