Aon Consulting Strengthens Global Leadership Team

ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands, May 4, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --

- New CEOs Named for EMEA and United Kingdom

To drive opportunities for future growth, Aon Consulting, the human capital consulting business of Aon Corporation, today announced two new appointments to its global leadership team.

Piyush Chaudhari was named to the position of Chief Executive Officer of Aon Consulting EMEA, effective immediately. Chaudhari joined Aon Consulting in 2006, and held the positions of Chief Executive Officer of Global Benefits, and Chief Operating Officer of Aon Consulting, responsible for strategy, human resources and marketing. He will be based in continental Europe and continue to lead Aon Consulting's Global Benefits business. Chaudhari replaces Robert Middleton who will be leaving Aon Consulting in September to pursue personal interests.

Alistair Connell will become Chief Executive Officer of Aon Consulting UK, effective July 1. He is currently Managing Director of Benefits Solutions and Pensions Consulting for Aon Consulting, a role he took on in 2009, after serving as Commercial Director. Connell joined Aon Consulting in 2002 from Gissings.

In making the announcement, Baljit Dail, Chief Executive Officer of Aon Consulting, said: "We have a very strong foundation in the UK and EMEA, which through a united team of colleagues, is delivering distinctive value to clients, helping to drive long-term growth opportunities for our firm. We are pleased that Piyush and Alistair have accepted these new responsibilities, and we are confident in their abilities to help drive growth, develop talent and deliver operational excellence on behalf of the firm."

Aon Consulting is among the top global human capital consulting firms, with over 6,300 professionals in 229 offices worldwide.

About Aon

Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON) is the leading global provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human capital consulting. Through its more than 36,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon delivers distinctive client value via innovative and effective risk management and workforce productivity solutions. Aon's industry-leading global resources and technical expertise are delivered locally through more than 500 offices in more than 120 countries. Named the world's best broker by Euromoney magazine's 2008 and 2009 Insurance Survey, Aon also ranked highest on Business Insurance's listing of the world's largest insurance brokers based on commercial retail, wholesale, reinsurance and personal lines brokerage revenues in 2008 and 2009. A.M. Best deemed Aon the number one insurance broker based on brokerage revenues in 2007, 2008, and 2009, and Aon was voted best insurance intermediary, best reinsurance intermediary and best employee benefits consulting firm in 2007, 2008 and 2009 by the readers of Business Insurance. For more information on Aon, log onto http://www.aon.com

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