SYDNEY — Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting company, today announced the appointment of Tim Powell as Managing Director in Australia and New Zealand.

Tim has over 20 years of commercial HR experience including 15 years in Human Capital consulting in Australia, Asia, and Europe. Tim comes to Hewitt from Accenture and has previously held leadership roles with Deloitte and KPMG.

"Tim comes to Hewitt with a strong track record, having demonstrated solid business acumen and a high level of personal integrity", said Hewitt's Asia-Pacific Leader, Smita Anand. "We are delighted to welcome Tim to Hewitt and I look forward to working with him to further grow our business in Australia and New Zealand".

"I'm excited about the opportunities I see for Hewitt in Australia and New Zealand", said Tim. "I'm really looking forward to getting to know our clients and working with the Hewitt team to support our clients in meeting their HR and talent management needs."

Tim will be based in Hewitt's Sydney office in The Rocks.

About Hewitt Associates 
Hewitt Associates (NYSE: HEW) provides leading organisastions around the world with expert human resources consulting and outsourcing solutions to help them anticipate and solve their most complex benefits, talent, and related financial challenges. Hewitt works with companies to design, implement, communicate, and administer a wide range of human resources, retirement, investment management, health care, compensation, and talent management strategies. With a history of exceptional client service since 1940, Hewitt has offices in more than 30 countries and employs approximately 23,000 associates who are helping make the world a better place to work. For more information, please visitwww.hewitt.com.

Kristen Melville,  Hewitt Associates,  +61 406 425 067
Tim Powell,  Hewitt Associates,  +61 2 9101 9074