Former CEO of Aviva UK and Ireland Life Insurance David Barral has been appointed as chairman of mortgage company Vantage Finance.
 
Barral worked in financial services for 35 years, and he held his most recent position at Aviva until June, 2015.
 
In May, Vantage announced that they received investment from Chiltern Capital, an equity firm. According to managing director Lucy Hodge, now is the right time to bring Barral into the business.
 
Barral is also a non-executive director of LV=, non-executive chairman of Virgin Wines, a former chairman of the ABI Retirement and Savings Committee and a donor to Speakers for Schools, an independent education charity.
 

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