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Aon appoints Chief Commercial Officer for Middle East region
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LONDON, 10 June 2008 Aon Risk Services, the leading global risk and insurance firm, has appointed Christof D. Bentele as Chief Commercial Officer, Aon Middle East, with immediate effect. 

Christof will be responsible for managing the client-facing operations and business development, with a specific focus on the development of innovative products and services. In addition, he will oversee the development of promising young talent from within the Middle East region.

Christof has 20 years experience in the insurance industry and has been with Aon since 2000, most recently as Chairman of Aon Crisis Management. He came to Aon from AIG, where he ran European crisis management operations.

Commenting on the appointment, Latif AlRayes, Chief Executive Officer, Aon Middle East said, “With his wealth of expertise in insurance and client relationship and his demonstrated success and leadership skills, Christof is ideally positioned to head up client facing operations in the region. 

“Aon has been serving the Middle East for almost 30 years. The economic boom, new legislation and structural reform all provide ideal conditions in which to develop the region’s insurance and reinsurance market and Aon is committed to leveraging its specialist and global expertise to play an integral role in its continued development.”

 

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For more information contact:

Reuben Aitchison

+44 (0)20 7086 7201

reuben.aitchison@aon.co.uk

 

 

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 36,000 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 named the world’s “best broker” by Euromoney magazine’s 2008 Insurance Survey. Aon also 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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