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Chief Commercial Officer Joins Aon Consulting Asia Pacific
SINGAPORE, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Industry veteran Anand Shankar to lead sales strategy and efforts
across region
Aon Consulting, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation (NYSE: AOC), today
announced that 20-year industry veteran Anand Shankar has joined the firm in the newly created position of
Chief Commercial Officer, Asia Pacific.
Shankar will lead sales strategy and efforts across practices and markets in Asia Pacific for Aon Consulting,
working closely with the regional leadership team and colleagues globally.
"We welcome Anand to Aon Consulting," said Edouard Merette, CEO for Aon Consulting, Asia Pacific. "I
look forward to working with Anand, who has a wealth of industry experience in Asia Pacific. Anand also has
an excellent track record of developing solutions for multinational and local clients, which is aligned with our
goal of providing clients with distinctive value through our people. We are confident that under his leadership,
Aon's foothold in the region will strengthen."
Shankar brings two decades of experience in people management to Aon Consulting, and he is a well-
known strategist in the professional services and human resources industry. Shankar previously held senior
positions in other consulting firms, most recently with Talent2 as Group Corporate Director leading strategic
growth through organic and inorganic strategies across multiple businesses. He spent more than a decade
with Hewitt Associates in India, Hong Kong and Singapore consecutively, and most recently held the position
of head of business development and line functions for consulting and outsourcing.
On his new role, Shankar said: "I look forward to being part of Aon, which has a track record of high
performing organizational talent strategies and sound implementation processes. I share in the firm's belief
that Asia Pacific is an important market with tremendous growth opportunities for HR consulting and
outsourcing needs."
Based in Singapore, Shankar joined Aon Consulting Aug. 11.
About Aon Consulting
Aon Consulting Worldwide is among the top global human capital consulting firms, with 2008 revenues of
$1.358 billion and more than 6,300 professionals in 229 offices worldwide. Aon Consulting works with
organizations to improve business performance and shape the workplace of the future through employee
benefits, talent management and rewards strategies and solutions. Aon Consulting was named the best
employee benefit consulting firm by the readers of Business Insurance magazine in 2006, 2007 and 2008. For
About Aon
Aon Corporation (NYSE: AOC) is the leading global provider of risk management services, insurance and
reinsurance brokerage, and human capital consulting. Through its more than 37,000 colleagues worldwide,
Aon readily 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. A.M. Best deemed Aon the number one insurance broker based on brokerage
revenues in 2007 and 2008, and Aon was voted best insurance intermediary, best reinsurance intermediary
and best employee benefits consulting firm in 2007 and 2008 by the readers of Business Insurance. For more
CONTACT:
Elisa Bakri
+65 6239 7540
elisa_bakri@aon-asia.com
SOURCE: Aon Corporation
CONTACT: Elisa Bakri of Aon Corporation,
+65 6239 7540,
elisa_bakri@aon-asia.com
(AOC)
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