1831 as scottish equitable headquarters edinburgh scotland key people adrian grace ceo products pensions investment protection website www.aegon.co.uk aegon uk is a pension insurance and investment company based in edinburgh scotland . aegon uk is the brand name for scottish equitable plc and it is a subsidiary of aegon n.v. a multi national life insurance pension and asset management company headquartered in the hague netherlands . contents 1 history 2 products and customers 3 senior management 4 sponsorship 5 charity 6 references 7 external links history edit the scottish equitable life assurance society was founded in edinburgh in 1831 and in 1861 it began paying out its first pension to robert christie . in 1994 the company became scottish equitable plc with aegon n.v. buying a 40 % stake in the business . aegon n.v. increased that stake to 100 % by 1998 . in 2006 scottish equitable plc was rebranded as aegon scottish equitable and in 2009 this was shortened to aegon although the legal entity is still scottish equitable plc. products and customers edit aegon uk has individual and corporate customers . it sells a range of pensions annuities life insurance protection insurance and investment products to individual customers . to corporate customers it sells a range of pensions and actuarial and trustee solutions . aegon uk has over 2 million customers and approximately 2 100 staff working from its edinburgh headquarters . senior management edit chief executive officer adrian grace appointed 2011 chief operating officer life and pensions tommy young appointed 2011 chief financial officer clare bousfield appointed 2010 now left managing director retail duncan jarrett appointed 2012 retired chief risk officer jim ewing appointed 2014 managing director workplace solutions angela seymour jackson appointed 2012 now left chief marketing officer david macmillan appointed 2013 move to transamerica part of the aegon group sponsorship edit in 2009 aegon uk became the first ever lead partner of british tennis . the agreement with the lawn tennis association has since been renewed and will run until 2017 . 1 2 aegon uk s sponsorship covers grassroots programmes in schools and parks support for talent development and sponsorship of tournaments . these include the aegon classic the aegon international and the aegon championships an atp world tour 250 series event held at the queen s club london in june each year . in addition the sponsorship extends to both the junior and senior gb teams for the davis cup and the fed cup . charity edit the aegon breakfast club launched in 2007 . 3 aegon has their very own charity committee which supports their nominated charities as voted for by the staff each year and in 2013 donated 51 000 to a range of nominated charities . in 2014 its nominated charities are alzheimer s scotland cclasp and michelle henderson cervical cancer trust . 4 in 2014 the aegon uk charity committee went one better and raised 66 666 for the 3 nominated charities . the charities nominated for 2015 are macmillan cancer support the yard and radio forth cash for kids . references edit lead partner aegon lawn tennis association . retrieved 19 december 2014 . aegon extends agreement as the lead partner of british tennis . retrieved 19 december 2014 . welcome to a bright idea ... . retrieved 19 december 2014 . aegon uk donates 51 000 to local charities . retrieved 19 december 2014 . 5 . https web.archive.org web 20150220020128 https www.aegon.co.uk content ukpaw news media centre pressreleases aegon uk donates 66 666 to local charities.html external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aegon uk & oldid 742646085 categories companies based in edinburghinsurance companies of scotland navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 22 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view