LONDON, 1 October, 2008 - Aon Consulting, one of the UK's leading pension consulting, administration and employee benefits firms, has appointed two new directors to the pensions administration team due to sustained growth and strong expansion opportunities. Together the pair bring nearly 50 years of experience to the pensions administration leadership team.

Kevin Smith has been appointed transition director, while Paul Hartfield has taken up the post of client service director. Both are tasked with further strengthening the pensions administration operational leadership team in response to growth prospects.

Kevin will be responsible for the ownership of the operational and transition strategy for Aon Consulting's proposition to larger schemes, as well as assisting the leadership team with the implementation of key business objectives.

Kevin brings nearly 30 years pension administration experience, including broad and strategic operational experience. He previously worked for Capita Hartshead.

Paul is tasked with running the Farnborough pensions administration operation that spans 130 staff and 100 clients, as well as further bolstering the operational leadership team along with Kevin. He joins Aon Consulting from Xafinity Paymaster, where he was scheme member services director.

Kevin Smith, transition director, commented on his appointment:  "Aon's pension administration team is at an exciting point in time and through a commitment to market engagement, developments and service enhancements are being made in line with client demand. I look forward to helping to continue to develop our technology and service delivery capability to ensure that we are the administrator of choice for large pension schemes in the UK."

Paul Hartfield, client service director, said about his new role: "Being a part of such an innovative team with great potential for growth represents an exciting opportunity. I look forward to helping the team deliver a first-class service to clients and members alike in support of this growth."

Stuart Heatley, Managing Director, Pensions Administration of Aon Consulting commented on the appointments: "Kevin and Paul bring a wealth of experience to the pensions administration team, and a long history of demonstrable results. There is no doubt they will play a vital role in ensuring we continue to grow and deliver the best results to our clients and across the industry."

For more information contact:
Susie Patterson / Leo Wood
0207 269 7233 / 137
susie.patterson@fd.com / leo.wood@fd.com
 

David Skapinker
020 7505 7478
David.skapinker@aon.co.uk
http://aon.mediaroom.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 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. For more information on Aon, log onto http://www.aon.com/.

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