Duncan Russell

Career

1. 2024 – now
   Aegon Ltd.src
   Chief Financial Officer & member of the Executive Committee
   From 2024-09-01; departure agreed for April 2027 (PR-2026-08-20)
2. 2020 – 2024
   Aegon N.V. / Aegon Ltd.src
   Chief Transformation Officer & member of the Management Board / Executive Committee (group strategy and corporate development)
   The release says effective 2020-09-01; the FY2025 20-F says appointed in August 2020
3. 2008 – 2012
   J.P. Morgansrc
   Managing Director and Head of Equity Research, European Insurance
   Title from the 2024 release; the 2008-2012 years come from a MarketScreener search summary (WS-ms)

Undated in the sources

• Admiral Group plcsrc, CFO and board member of Admiral Financial Services (finance, analytics, funding, credit risk, pricing); left for Aegon in 2020, start year not located
• NN Group N.V.src, Head of Group Strategy and Corporate Finance (capital management, treasury, M&A, group strategy); in the role on 2015-06-02 (WS-nn), start and end years not located

Not located: Only one date inside 2013-2020 is sourced: he held the NN Group role on 2015-06-02. When he moved from J.P. Morgan to NN and from NN to Admiral was not located, so those two entries are left undated. Career before 2008 (he has worked only in financial services, partly in London) not located

Achievements

• Hired by Friese in 2020 into a new Chief Transformation Officer role running group strategy and corporate development; Friese said they had worked closely together beforesrc
• Promoted to Group CFO from 2024-09-01, succeeding Matt Ridersrc
• Before Aegon: CFO of Admiral Financial Services, Head of Group Strategy and Corporate Finance at NN Group, and Head of European Insurance equity research at J.P. Morgansrc
• Signs the FY2025 20-F as CFO and presented the December 2025 Capital Markets Day plan alongside the CEOsrc

Education

• University of Bristol, BA History (1999)src

Background

• Family The FY2025 20-F carries no family-relationships statement for officers, and none was located elsewhere; nothing on the record either waysrc
• Other British, born 1978 (year only, as the 20-F and the 2020 and 2024 releases give it); no stated age was foundsrc
• Other Worked under Friese at NN Group before both moved to Aegon, per Friese's own comment in the 2020 appointment releasesrc