Strategic information  Composition of the Executive Board and the Management Board 6 Composition of the Executive Board  and the Management Board Alex Wynaendts (1960, Dutch) Adrian Grace (1963, British)  Darryl Button (1969, Canadian)  Tom Grondin (1969, Canadian) 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. Adrian Grace started his career with Leeds Permanent Building  Society in 1979, before joining Mercantile Credit in 1984. In  2001, Mr. Grace joined Sage Group PLC as Managing Director of  the Small Business Division. In 2004, Barclays Insurance asked  him to join them as Chief Executive. Mr. Grace joined HBOS in  2007 as Managing Director of Commercial within the Corporate  Division. In 2009, he joined Aegon UK as Group Business  Development Director and on April 4, 2011, he became the  Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Grace has been a member of Aegon’s  Management Board since February 2012. He sits on the Board of  the Association of British Insurers.  Darryl Button began his career by Mutual Life Insurance Co.  of Canada and joined Aegon in 1999 as Director of Product  Development and Risk Management of Aegon USA's Institutional  Markets operation unit. He was appointed Corporate Actuary  of Aegon USA in 2002, followed by CFO of Aegon Americas  in 2005. Between 2008-2011, Mr. Button took on the  responsibilities of Chairman and executive management of  Aegon's Canadian operations, and in 2012 he joined Aegon's  Corporate Center as Executive Vice President and Head of the  Corporate Financial Center. In 2013, Mr. Button was appointed  as CFO and member of the Executive Board of Aegon. He is also  a member of the Management Board. Tom Grondin was appointed Chief Risk Officer of Aegon N.V. in  August 2003 and a member of Aegon’s Management Board on  January 1, 2013. His current responsibilities include managing  the Risk and Compliance functions. In this role, Mr. Grondin is  responsible for development and oversight of Aegon’s Enterprise  Risk Management framework and Aegon’s internal Economic  Framework. The Economic Framework has helped guide Aegon’s  risk and business strategy over the years. He joined Aegon in  2000 in one of Aegon USA’s larger operations. Mr. Grondin  had overall responsibility for pricing, profitability and risk  management for the business. Prior to joining Aegon, he was  employed as a consultant at Tillinghast–Towers Perrin and  before that as asset liability manager at Manulife Financial. Chief Financial Officer Member of the Executive Board Member of the Management Board Member of the Management Board Chief Risk Officer of Aegon N.V. Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Executive Board Chairman of the Management Board Member of the Management Board  Chief Executive Officer of Aegon UK Annual Report 2013