Aviva Capital Management Appoints Todd Youngberg to Fixed Income Team

Aviva Capital Management (ACM), the U.S. asset management arm of Aviva plc¹, is delighted to announce that it has bolstered its fixed income operation with the appointment of Todd Youngberg as senior vice president, head of high yield.

Todd has 18 years of experience managing high yield bond portfolios and joins ACM from ABN Amro Asset Management where he was global head of high yield, responsible for overseeing and implementing the company’s high yield strategy and development of new products.

The appointment comes ahead of the integration later this year of ACM with Aviva’s other fund management businesses to form a global asset management company, Aviva Investors. ACM will become the cornerstone of the combined group’s North American operations and Todd will play a vital role in overseeing Aviva Investors’ global high yield capability.

Aviva Capital Management President and CEO of Aviva Investors North America Greg Boal said:

"Aviva Capital Management has a strong track record in fixed income-driven asset management and Todd’s appointment in this high yield role will add a new dimension to that capability. His wealth of experience in managing and building global high yield operations will be invaluable to Aviva Investors as we move into the next exciting phase of the business.”

Todd will work from ACM’s Chicago office and will report directly to Greg Boal. A Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder, Todd is a member of the CFA Society of Chicago. He holds a BA from Central College and an MBA from Drake University.

¹ On 28 February 2008, Aviva plc announced it was combining its asset management businesses to create a single, globally integrated asset manager to be known as Aviva Investors - to be launched formally in September 2008.

Aviva Investors will be the global asset management business of Aviva plc, the world’s fifth-largest insurance group. Firms that will become Aviva Investors have £316 billion ($623 billion) of assets under management as at 28 February 2008 and significant growth potential.

About Aviva Capital Managment

ACM, an SEC registered and GIPS compliant investment adviser, specializes in institutional income-driven asset management and has over $32bn* in assets under management with over 125** employees.

*Assets under management as of December 31, 2007, based on discretionary assets. All amounts in USD

**Employees included are Aviva Capital Management and its affiliate Inflective Asset Management.