Biography
Main responsibilities
Mark White was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited in January 2015 and as Chair and Independent Non-Executive Director of Aviva Investors UK Fund Services Limited in October 2019. He is also the Senior Independent Director on the board of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited and Chair of the Aviva Investors Risk Committee and a member of the Aviva Investors Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees.
Experience and qualifications
Mark has held positions at LGT Capital Partners, Castle Alternative Invest AG, JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management and Impax Asset Management Group plc. He holds an MA in Politics, Philosophy & Economics from St. John's College, University of Oxford.
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