Hugh has more than 30 years’ experience in the insurance sector and has worked for Aviva since 2001 where he is Director of External Reporting Developments. Hugh is responsible for assessing and responding to future external reporting and regulatory and accounting developments, including IFRS and Solvency II, which impact the Aviva Group.
Hugh is Vice Chair of the Insurance Europe Financial Reporting Group and a member of both the EFRAG Insurance Accounting Working Group and ICAEW Insurance sub-committee. Hugh is also Chair of the ABI Financial Reporting Committee and a member of the ABI Prudential Financial and Taxation Committee. He is Chairman of the CFO Forum Solvency II Working group, a member of the EIOPA IRSG Stakeholder Group, a member of the CFO Forum Steering Committee and is also a former Chair of the CFO Forum Insurance Accounting Group. In addition, Hugh leads Aviva's external engagement with the International Association of Insurance Supervisors in the global regulatory context.
Hugh has participated in several finance projects, including the conversion to IFRS, US listing and Solvency II implementation, having led work on the potential strategic and operational impact of IFRS and Solvency II developments. Hugh joined Aviva from Sun Life Financial of Canada having previously been a senior manager with PwC where he qualified as a chartered accountant and worked as a senior manager at PwC for a number of years. He was involved in audit, M&A and other insurance and financial services projects