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Aon Consulting Names Bob Lopes as Human Capital Practice Co-Leader
Lopes to lead RPO/EPO and Benefacts businesses
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CHICAGO
(NYSE:AOC)

CHICAGO, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Consulting, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation (NYSE: AOC), announced today that Bob Lopes has joined the firm as co-leader of the Human Capital practice.

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Lopes will be responsible for the Recruitment Process Outsourcing/Employment Process Outsourcing (RPO/EPO) practice, which helps clients identify and select talent in a cost effective and efficient manner. Through state-of-the-art sourcing and selection processes, the RPO/EPO team improves job candidate quality, reduces early turnover and decreases cycle time to fill. Additionally, Lopes will lead the Benefacts practice, which provides clients with tools to help employees understand the full value of their compensation and benefits, while enhancing the employer's ability to recruit and retain employees.

Lopes brings nearly 23 years of industry experience to Aon Consulting. Previously, he served as president and CEO of Veritude, a wholly owned staffing and recruiting company of Fidelity. Prior to Veritude, Lopes served as vice president of Global Client Management for ExcellerateHRO, where he had client responsibility for more than 400 global clients, generating more than $600 million in revenues. Lopes was also global managing director of Towers Perrin Administration Solutions, where he had responsibility for all aspects of the global benefits outsourcing business.

"We welcome Bob to Aon Consulting," said Kathryn Hayley, chief executive officer of Aon Consulting. "He has a proven track record of serving clients in a variety of industries throughout the world. Bob joins our Human Capital Practice, which provides tools and expertise for organizations to attract, develop and retain high-quality and highly productive employees. It has never been more important for companies to have a strong workforce in place, and I'm excited about Bob's vision of serving clients in this capacity and look forward to working with him as we continue shaping the workplace of the future."

Lopes is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. He joined Aon Oct. 20, and is based in Radnor, Pa. Lopes reports to Hayley.

About Aon Consulting

Aon Consulting Worldwide is among the top global human capital consulting firms, with 2007 revenues of $1.352 billion and 6,335 professionals in 117 offices worldwide. Aon Consulting is shaping the workplace of the future through 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, 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. In 2008, Aon ranked highest on the Business Insurance ranking of the world's largest insurance brokers based on commercial retail, wholesale, reinsurance and personal lines brokerage revenues. Aon also was ranked by A.M. Best as the number one insurance broker based on brokerage revenues in 2007 and 2008, and was voted best insurance intermediary, best reinsurance intermediary, and best employee benefits consulting firm in 2007 and 2008 by the readers of Business Insurance. Sign up to receive Aon news alerts by email or RSS feed at: http://aon.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=58.

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