Tidjane Thiam an executive director, sitting on the plc board. In January 2007, after Richard Harvey announced he would step down as chief executive of Aviva, Thiam was tipped as a possible future head of the group. Thiam left Aviva in September 2007 to become chief financial officer of Prudential plc. In March 2009, Thiam was named chief executive, effective from October, after Mark Tucker chose to step down. The appointment made him the first African to lead a FTSE 100 listed company. His departure from the role was announced on 10 March 2015. After he became chief executive, Prudential launched a
Jenna Thiam Jenna Thiam Jenna Thiam (born 19 December 1990) is a French actress. She is known for the French series "The Returned". Thiam was born in Brussels. She has wanted to be an actress since the age of four. She took a course in acting in New York. She started modelling for a clothing company before she left her career in fashion to become an actress. She was studying at National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts of Paris, when she was cast in "The Returned". The French edition of "Grazia" reported that she rejected a role in "" to complete her studies.