People at the top

We've got a strong executive team making sure that we are going in the right direction. At the helm, we've got Otto Thoresen. You can find out more about Otto, Feilim Mackle our Director of AEGON Individual and Maurice Brunet our Director of AEGON Corporate, below.

Otto Thoresen
Chief Executive, AEGON UK

• 2005: appointed Chief Executive in April 2005
• 2000: appointed AEGON UK's Finance Director
• 1999: following AEGON UK’s formation in January, became Group Development Director of AEGON UK
• 1997: appointed Corporate Development Director, Scottish Equitable
• 1994: returned to Scottish Equitable as Director of International Business
• 1992: appointed Managing Director of Royal Insurance’s offshore life business, Royal Life International
• 1990: joined Royal Insurance, as General Manager, Strategic Marketing
• 1988: moved to Abbey Life as Executive Director, Marketing
• 1984: appointed Marketing Manager with Scottish Equitable after having moved to a marketing role
• 1982: qualified as a Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries
• 1978: joined Scottish Equitable and trained as an actuary
• 1978: graduated with a first-class honours degree in Mathematics and Statistics from Aberdeen University

Feilim Mackle, Director of AEGON for Individuals

• 2007: joined AEGON UK in his current role, leading the fast-growing individual life and pensions business.
• 2003: joined Royal Bank of Scotland as Managing Director, Retail Banking, with responsibility for the Natwest and RBS branch networks, direct sales and private banking. He was also responsible for the bancassurance and stockbroking businesses.
• 2000: appointed Managing Director, UK Sales at Standard Life, with responsibility for leading the entire sales force. He began his career at Standard Life, becoming Sales Director for the Direct Sales force in 1997 and then Director of E-commerce in 1999.

Maurice Brunet, Director of AEGON for Corporates

• 2005: after AEGON UK’s restructure in October appointed Director, AEGON Corporate Business, managing Group Pensions, Employee Benefits and Final Salary business units; also non-executive director of HS Administrative Services
• 2003: Operations Director of AEGON UK Life and Pensions
• 2001: appointed Product Management Director, covering customer service and marketing in Edinburgh
• 1997: became Customer Service Director
• 1990: joined Scottish Equitable then held various technical, pensions actuarial and customer service roles