Aon Consulting Hires Key Account Management Leader for Central West Region

Joan Boughton to drive development, retention and growth


CHICAGO, Oct. 15  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Consulting, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation (NYSE:AOC), today announced that Joan Boughton will join the firm as senior vice president and Central West(1) Key Account Management leader.

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Boughton has more than 25 years of experience advising large multinational and U.S. corporations on the financial strategy, management and design of rewards programs. In her new role, Boughton will drive the development, retention and profitable growth of strategic accounts across the Central West region of the United States.  She will provide direction, coaching and mentoring to Central West key account managers, in addition to managing several strategic client accounts.

In her previous positions as a Senior Vice President at Fidelity Investments and a Worldwide Partner at Mercer, Boughton served in a number of national sales and retirement practice leadership roles. She built, led and managed large, complex client relationships and worked with multiple industries, including manufacturing, industrial, steel, health care, retail, transportation and aerospace.

"Joan will be a valuable asset to clients as well as the Aon Consulting team, as she has extensive experience across industries with large market organizations and a proven record of success in developing results and leading teams," said Chris Michalak, national leader of Business Development and Growth with Aon Consulting.

Boughton earned her Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in Mathematics from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. She is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA); a member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA); an Enrolled Actuary (EA); and a Fellow of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries (FCA). She also is a member of the Chicago Finance Exchange, an organization for women in executive finance roles.

  Boughton will join Aon Oct. 19 and will be based in Chicago.

  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 more information on Aon, please visit http://www.aon.mediaroom.com/.

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 information on Aon, log onto http://www.aon.com/.

(1) Aon Consulting's Central West region includes Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California, Alaska and Hawaii.

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