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Boylan joined Morley on 28 August 2007 and takes over the role from David Watson, who has moved within Aviva plc to be CFO of Aviva Europe.

Siobhan Boylan was previously director of group financial reporting for Aviva plc.  She will join both the executive board of Morley Fund Management Limited (subject to regulatory consent) and the board of Morley Fund Management Group Limited, with responsibility for the Finance, Compliance, Business Risk and Legal functions of the firm.

Before joining Aviva in 2001, Siobhan worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers for 10 years in its insurance and investment management division.

Siobhan Boylan said: "Now is a great time to be joining Morley, with our new CEO joining next week and Morley set to play a foundational role in what will become Aviva Global Investors. I look forward to making my contribution towards the further growth and success of the business."

Philip Scott, chairman of Morley and finance director of Aviva, said: "I am particularly pleased that we could take advantage of a one Aviva approach to this appointment, with David joining Aviva Europe and Siobhan bringing her experience of the Aviva group to Morley."

Alain Dromer, the new chief executive of Morley and Aviva Global Investors, starts with the company on Monday 3 September 2007.

Morley also appointed Georgina Marshall to the newly created position of corporate governance manager. Georgina will report to Anita Skipper, head of corporate governance and joins from Morley's Alliance Management Team.

In this new role Georgina Marshall will assist the development and formulation of Morley's corporate governance and voting policies, and engage with companies to improve governance and enhancement of shareholder value.

Morley's head of corporate governance, Anita Skipper said: "Expanding our governance team is a key part of increasing our focus on activities that add more value to our funds. In particular we want to achieve more comprehensive engagement with companies, not just in the UK and Europe but wherever it is important to the funds.

"Georgina is a qualified chartered accountant which is especially relevant in governance today, and has extensive experience managing internal governance projects for Aviva. We believe she will add valuable knowledge and insight to the team."

Prior to joining Morley, Georgina held positions at Swiss Re, and Mercantile and General Reinsurance.