Supervisory Board

Robert J. Routs is a former Executive Director for Downstream at the energy company Royal Dutch Shell. He was appointed to Aegon's Supervisory Board in April 2008 and became Chairman in April 2010.

Mr. Routs was reappointed as a member of the Supervisory Board during the 2016 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and his third and final term ends in 2020. Mr. Routs is chairman of the Supervisory Board Nomination and Governance Committee and a member of the Supervisory Board Remuneration Committee.

Mr. Routs is also chairman of the Supervisory Board of Royal DSM N.V. and sits on the Board of Directors of ATCO Ltd., A.P. Møller-Mærsk A/S and AECOM Technology Corporation. He is a former non-executive director at UPM and former vice chairman of the Supervisory Board of Royal KPN N.V.

He has held no other board memberships in the past five years.

Corien M. Wortmann-Kool is Chairman of the Board of Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, the Dutch public sector collective pension fund. Ms. Wortmann-Kool is a former Member of the European Parliament and vice president on Financial, Economic and Environmental affairs for the EPP Group (European People's Party).

She was appointed to Aegon's Supervisory Board in May 2014, and her current term ends in 2018. She is Vice-Chairman to the Supervisory Board and a member of the Supervisory Board Audit Committee and a member of the Supervisory Board Nomination and Governance Committee.

Ms. Wortmann-Kool is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Het Kadaster (not listed), member of the Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Save the Children Netherlands and vice president of EPP. She was a member of the Supervisory Board of Mercedes-Benz Netherlands (not listed) until 2014.

She has held no other board memberships in the past five years.

William L. Connelly is a former member of the Management Board of ING Bank, where he was responsible for all of ING's corporate, financial institutions and financial markets activities. He started his professional career at Chase Manhattan Bank, fulfilling senior roles in commercial and investment banking in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Spain and the Netherlands.

He was appointed to Aegon's Supervisory Board in 2017 and his current term ends in 2021. He is a member of the Supervisory Board Audit Committee and a member of the Supervisory Board Remuneration Committee.

Mr. Connelly is also an independent director at the Board of Directors of Societe Generale. He has held no other board memberships in the past five years.

Robert W. Dineen was Vice Chairman of Lincoln Financial Network (LFN) and a member of the Senior Management Committee of Lincoln Financial Group (LFG), before retiring in 2013.

Before joining Lincoln Financial Group, Mr. Dineen was Senior Vice President and head of Merrill Lynch's Managed Asset Group.

He was appointed to Aegon's Supervisory Board in May 2014 and his current term ends in 2018. He is a member of the Supervisory Board Audit Committee and the Supervisory Board Risk Committee.

Mr. Dineen is also a member of the Board of Aretec Inc (not listed, located in the US) and was a member of Lincoln New York Life Company Board. Mr. Dineen has held no other board memberships in the past five years.

Mark A. Ellman is a former Vice Chairman Global Origination of Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.

Before joining Bank of Amercia/Merrill Lynch, he held various roles in the US insurance industry, mostly working in corporate finance at large US financial institutions, where he was engaged in M&A advice and transactions and equity and debt raisings for insurance companies. He was founding partner of Barrett Ellman Stoddard Capital Partners.

He was appointed to Aegon's Supervisory Board in 2017 and his current term ends in 2021. He is member of the Supervisory Board Audit Committee and a member of the Supervisory Board Risk Committee.

Mr. Ellman was a non-executive director of Aegon US from 2012 to 2017. He has held no other board memberships in the past five years.

Ben J. Noteboom worked for Randstad Holding N.V. from 1993 until 2014, where he was appointed member of the Executive Committee in 2001 and became CEO in 2003.

Before joining Randstad, Mr. Noteboom worked for Dow Chemical in several international management functions between 1984 and 1993.

He started his career in 1982 at Zurel as management assistant. He was appointed to Aegon's Supervisory Board in May 2015 and his current term ends in 2019. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board Remuneration Committee and a member of the Supervisory Board Risk Committee.

Mr. Noteboom is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Ahold Delhaize N.V., Wolters Kluwer N.V. and Vopak N.V. In addition, Mr. Noteboom is a member of the Board of Directors of VUmc Cancer Center Amsterdam.

He has held no other board memberships in the past five years.

Ben van der Veer is former Chairman of the Board of Management of KPMG N.V. Mr. Van der Veer retired from KPMG per September 30, 2008.

He was appointed to Aegon's Supervisory Board in October 2008. Mr. van der Veer was re-appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board during the 2016 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and his third and final term ends in 2020. He is chairman of the Supervisory Board Audit Committee and a member of the Supervisory Board Nomination and Governance Committee.

Mr. Van der Veer is a member of the Supervisory Board of TomTom N.V. and a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of RELX N.V., RELX PLC and RELX Group PLC. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. (not listed), and a former member of the Supervisory Board of Royal Imtech N.V. and Siemens Nederland N.V. (not listed).

He has held no other board memberships in the past five years.

Dirk P.M. Verbeek is a former Executive Board member and vice president Emeritus of Aon Group. Mr. Verbeek was appointed to Aegon's Supervisory Board in 2008, and his third and final term ends in 2020 following his reappointment during the 2016 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.

He is a member of the Supervisory Board Risk Committee and the Supervisory Board Nomination and Governance Committee.

Mr. Verbeek is a member of the Supervisory Board of Aon Groep Nederland B.V. (not listed). Furthermore, he is member of the Advisory Boards of CVC Europe (not listed) and OVG Real Estate (not listed), and member of the INSEAD Dutch Council. Mr. Verbeek was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Robeco Groep N.V. (not listed) until December 2015. He was also advisor to the President and Chief Executive Officer of Aon Corporation.

He has held no other board memberships in the past five years.

Dona D. Young is an executive/board consultant and retired Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Phoenix Companies, which was an insurance and asset management company at the time of her tenure.

She was appointed to Aegon's Supervisory Board in 2013 and her current term will end in 2021. She is a member of the Supervisory Board Risk Committee and a member of the Supervisory Board Audit Committee.

Ms. Young is member and Lead Director of the Board of Directors of Foot Locker, Inc. Furthermore, Ms. Young is a member of the Board of Trustees of Save the Children US (not listed). In 2015, Ms. Young was selected to the National Association of Corporate Directors' Directorship 100.

She has held no other board memberships in the past five years.