LONDON, 09 April 2008 - Leading pensions, benefits and HR consultancy firm, Aon Consulting, is pleased to announce the international expansion of its benefit consulting practice in Eastern Europe with the appointment of István Horváth as senior consultant for Eastern Europe.

As Aon Consulting expands employee benefit consulting in Eastern Europe, István will be responsible for business development in employee benefits consulting across the region, with particular focus on developing the employee benefits business in Hungary, Czech Republic, Russia, Poland and Romania. István will be located in Budapest, reporting jointly to John Machon, Chief Commercial Officer, EMEA, and Axel Heitkamp, CEO, Aon Consulting Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Hungary.

István has 10 years' experience working in Eastern Europe providing actuarial services and advice on employee benefits and other HR related issues.  In his most recent role he was based in Hungary working for Mercer as Practice Leader Employee Benefits.

Commenting on the appointment, John Machon, Chief Commercial Officer, EMEA, said:”I am delighted to announce the appointment of István Horváth as senior consultant for Central Eastern Europe.  István is highly experienced in benefit consulting and his expertise and knowledge of the local market will help us drive growth in the region.

“We have identified that expanding our presence in emerging markets such as Eastern Europe is vital to achieving the ambitious growth targets we have set ourselves.  István will focus on increasing the visibility of the Aon Consulting brand by growing benefit consulting in Hungary, Czech Republic, Russia, Poland and Romania, where we have identified significant opportunities for the firm.“

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For more information contact:
Leo Wood / Susie Patterson
0207 269 7137 / 233
leo.wood@fd.com  / susie.patterson@fd.com

About Aon Consulting
Aon Consulting is a leading human capital consultancy, helping organisations of every size to attract and keep the employees they need. We advise on all aspects of employment, including health-related insurance and risk; employee compensation and pensions; human resource strategy planning; job design and change management; and staff assessment and legal issues. Aon Consulting is a division of Aon, one of the UK’s largest insurance brokers and providers of risk management services and a major force in reinsurance and the UK human capital consulting market.  Aon Consulting Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

About Aon
Aon Corporation (NYSE:AOC) is the leading global provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, human capital and management consulting. Through its 37,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon readily delivers distinctive client value via innovative and effective risk management and workforce productivity solutions. Our industry-leading global resources, technical expertise and industry knowledge are delivered locally through more than 500 offices in more than 120 countries. Aon was ranked by A.M. Best as the number one global insurance brokerage in 2007 based on brokerage revenues, and voted best insurance intermediary, best reinsurance intermediary, and best employee benefits consulting firm in 2007 by the readers of Business Insurance. For more information on Aon, log onto www.aon.com
 

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