SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Consulting Worldwide, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation , today announced that Francois Choquette has joined the Global Benefits practice as senior vice president and leader of the Americas team, which covers the United States, Canada and Latin America. He will be based in San Francisco.

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Choquette brings more than 20 years of experience in international consulting to Aon Consulting. Prior to joining Aon, Choquette worked for Mercer for 20 years, developing expertise in a broad range of international human resources areas including mergers and acquisitions, global compensation and benefit design, global actuarial, global governance policies, multinational pooling and employee mobility. Most recently, he led Mercer's International Retirement Specialty Group for the Americas and its West Coast International Group. In his new role at Aon Consulting, Choquette will be responsible for continuing to build the global benefits service offerings, brand and talent in the Americas.

"As organizations look for ways to control costs in their new or expanding global operations, Francois' leadership and expertise in international consulting will help provide clients with the best solutions to meet their needs," said Piyush Chaudhari, Aon Consulting's Global Benefits practice leader.

"Bringing Francois on board continues to demonstrate Aon Consulting's commitment to attracting top talent," said Kathryn Hayley, CEO of Aon Consulting. "I am confident he will help expand our distinctive value and innovative solutions in global benefits and build on our standing in the marketplace."

Choquette earned his Bachelor of Science in actuarial sciences from Laval University in Quebec City. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.

He will join Aon Consulting on January 20, 2009.

About Aon Consulting

Aon Consulting Worldwide is among the top global human capital consulting firms, with 2007 revenues of US$1.352 billion and more than 6,000 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://aon.mediaroom.com.

About Aon

Aon Corporation 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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