Aon Consulting Announces New Hires Across Asia Pacific
24 Agosto 2007 - 1:04AM
PR Newswire (US)
Experts enhance talent management client services CHICAGO and
SINGAPORE, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Consulting
Worldwide, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon
Corporation (NYSE:AOC), announced today the expansion of its Asia
Pacific team with the addition of five new hires across the region.
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Klaus Liu is the Greater China managing director with
responsibilities for the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong and
Taiwan. Liu comes to Aon Consulting from Hewitt Associates where as
a member of its Global Leadership Team he was responsible for the
firm's business across Greater China. He also has extensive
experience in the financial services sector having worked in
managerial positions for Dun & Bradstreet and Citibank. In his
new role, Liu is responsible for leading and managing all aspects
of Aon Consulting's business in Greater China. Liu is based in
Shanghai. Boon Chong Na is the director of consulting for Southeast
Asia, based in Singapore. Boon has more than 25 years of experience
in leading consulting organizations, most recently with Hewitt
Associates. His areas of expertise range from corporate governance,
organization transformation and post merger integration, to
executive compensation, talent strategy and performance management.
Boon has extensive consulting experience in Singapore, Thailand,
Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, as well as in Greater
China. Boon is responsible for delivering consulting services and
solutions for clients in Singapore and the other Southeast Asia
countries. Dhritiman Chakrabarti is director - Total Rewards
Consulting, based in Singapore. Chakrabarti comes to Aon Consulting
from Hewitt Associates where he was the practice leader for its
total rewards group. He has more than 10 years of consulting
experience operating out of five different countries. Chakrabarti
has expertise across industries in performance and reward
consulting, including consulting on executive compensation issues.
At Aon Consulting, he is responsible for developing business and
delivering compensation consulting services and solutions in the
region. Tony Kong is vice president - Global Applications. Kong has
more than 10 years of experience developing sophisticated
information technology solutions for global human resource
management applications. He was most recently with Mercer. In this
new global role, he is responsible for overseeing the introduction
of technology and the management of projects to implement new
systems and solutions around the world. Kong is based in Singapore.
Rick Payne is a principal consultant with Aon Consulting, based in
San Francisco. Payne has more than 25 years of human resource
consulting experience across Asia Pacific. He founded and built the
Asian business of Corporate Resources Group (CRG), which was sold
to Mercer in 1998. He specializes in talent management,
organizational design and compensation. Payne is the author of
several books and articles on human resource issues in Asia Pacific
and also is a frequent speaker at regional conferences. These most
recent appointments follow that of Gina Parekh, who will join Aon
Sept. 1 as the Health and Benefits practice leader for Aon
Consulting Asia Pacific and country leader for Aon Consulting
India. Parekh comes to Aon from Mercer, where she was senior vice
president and head of the Employee Benefits practice for India.
Prior to Mercer, Gina held the position of chief operating officer
and medical director at United Healthcare India for six years. She
will be based in Mumbai, India. "Aon Consulting's new team members
are strategically located across Asia, enabling our firm to offer
its expertise in growth markets throughout the region, particularly
in the talent management space," said Edouard Merette, CEO of Aon
Consulting Asia Pacific. "We are seeing a fundamental change in the
market that requires a comprehensive approach to talent management
from recruitment to development. Our new team is well positioned to
respond to these needs by assisting organizations in the
development and implementation of strategies to build and retain
capable and high-performing leaders. "We are pleased this group of
seasoned human resource professionals has chosen Aon to continue
their successful careers," Merette added. About Aon Aon Corporation
(http://www.aon.com/) is a leading provider of risk management
services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, human capital and
management consulting, and specialty insurance underwriting. There
are 43,000 employees working in Aon's 500 offices in more than 120
countries. Backed by broad resources, industry knowledge and
technical expertise, Aon professionals help a wide range of clients
develop effective risk management and workforce productivity
solutions. About Aon Consulting Worldwide Aon Consulting Worldwide
(http://www.aon.com/hcc) is among the top global human capital
consulting firms, with 2006 revenues of $1.282 billion and 6,500
professionals in 117 offices worldwide. Aon Consulting is shaping
the workplace of the future through benefits, talent management and
rewards strategies and solutions. In 2006 and 2007, Aon Consulting
was named the best employee benefit consulting firm by the readers
of Business Insurance magazine. This press release contains certain
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beliefs and expectations or predictions for the future which are
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Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
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historical or anticipated results depending on a variety of
factors. Potential factors that could impact results include:
general economic conditions in different countries in which we do
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income markets that could affect the return on invested assets,
fluctuations in exchange and interest rates that could influence
revenue and expense, rating agency actions that could affect our
ability to borrow funds, funding of our various pension plans,
changes in the competitive environment, our ability to implement
restructuring initiatives and other initiatives intended to yield
cost savings, our ability to successfully execute strategic options
for our Combined Insurance subsidiary, the impact of current,
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our ability to market and sell, and be reimbursed at current levels
for, our Sterling subsidiary's Medicare Advantage health plans,
changes in commercial property and casualty markets and commercial
premium rates that could impact revenues, changes in revenues and
earnings due to the elimination of contingent commissions, other
uncertainties surrounding a new compensation model, the impact of
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options, the cost of resolution of other contingent liabilities and
loss contingencies, and the difference in ultimate paid claims in
our underwriting companies from actuarial estimates. Further
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Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information, contact:
Sara Carlson 312.381.5045
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