Axa UK group chief Evans to replace Thiam as ABI chairman

Evans will be elected chairman by the Board when Thiam's two-year term comes to a close on 3 July, and will be formally confirmed at the organisation's annual meeting on 1 October. He has been group CEO of Axa UK since October 2010, having previously been chief executive of AXA Life. > Read: ABI launches first comprehensive review of UK's retirement needs < Evans (pictured above) served on the ABI's Long-Term Savings and Life Insurance Committee between 2003 and 2010, at which point he became chairman of the ABI's General Insurance committee and a deputy chairman of the ABI Board. ...