Alex Wynaendts began his career in 1984 with ABN Amro Bank, working in Amsterdam and London in the Dutch bank’s capital markets, asset management, corporate finance and private banking operations. In 1997, Mr. Wynaendts joined AEGON as Senior Vice President for Group Business Development. Since 2003, he has been a member of AEGON’s Executive Board, overseeing the company’s international growth strategy. In April 2007, Mr. Wynaendts was named AEGON’s Chief Operating Officer. A year later, he became CEO and Chairman of AEGON’s Executive and Management Boards.

Jan Nooitgedagt has worked in Europe’s financial services sector for over thirty years. Formerly with PWC, he joined Ernst & Young in 1980, becoming a partner in the firm in 1989. Mr. Nooitgedagt headed Ernst & Young’s financial services business in the Netherlands for five years until his appointment in 2005 to the firm’s Executive Committee. A year later, Mr. Nooitgedagt was appointed Chairman of Ernst & Young in the Netherlands and became Managing Partner for the Netherlands and Belgium in July 2008. He was appointed AEGON’s Chief Financial Officer in April 2009.

Mark Mullin has spent more than twenty years with AEGON in various management positions in both the United States and Europe. Mr. Mullin has served as President and CEO of one of AEGON’s US subsidiaries, Diversified Investment Advisors, and as head of the company’s annuity and mutual fund businesses. In January 2009, he was named President of AEGON Americas and became President and CEO of AEGON Americas and a member of the Management Board twelve months later.

Marco Keim began his career with accountants Coopers & Lybrand / Van Dien. Mr. Keim has also worked for aircraft maker Fokker Aircraft and NS Reizigers, part of the Dutch railway company, NS Group. In 1999, he joined Swiss Life in the Netherlands as a member of the Board. Three years later, Mr. Keim was appointed CEO. In June 2008, he became CEO of AEGON The Netherlands.

Otto Thoresen joined Scottish Equitable in 1978, where he qualified as an actuary and worked in a number of roles, including marketing manager. He left Scottish Equitable in 1988 and worked as a manager and executive at UK insurance groups Abbey Life and Royal Insurance before returning to AEGON UK in 1994 as Development Director. In 2002, Mr. Thoresen was appointed Finance Director of AEGON UK before becoming the company’s CEO three years later. Mr. Thoresen will resign as of April 1, 2011.

Gábor Kepecs began his career with the Hungarian government before joining former state-owned insurance company Állami Biztosító. In 1990, he was appointed CEO, two years before Állami Biztosító was privatized and acquired by AEGON. Between 1992 and 2009, Mr. Kepecs was the CEO of AEGON Hungary. In that time, he has headed the expansion of AEGON’s businesses not only in Hungary but also across the Central & Eastern European region.