London, 26 May 2010 Aon Crisis Management, a unit of the world’s leading global risk and insurance firm Aon Risk Services, has appointed Christof Bentele as global managing director and Bernhard Steves as regional director, Americas of the product recall and contamination team.

Christof brings more than 20 years of experience in crisis management and the food and beverage industry to his new role, the last 10 of which have been at Aon, and is responsible for managing Aon’s global team of experts in the recall and contamination arena.

Combining over 20 years of underwriting, product development and broking, Bernhard’s experience is unmatched in the field and is recognised as one of the leading recall, contamination and food-borne illness specialists in the U.S.

Paul Bassett, global CEO of Aon Crisis Management comments: “Around the world we have seen a wave of product recall issues, demonstrating the detrimental effect on brands and companies when trust and confidence breaks down. How a company responds to and manages these issues is critical in determining what shape it will come through a crisis like that. Christof and Bernhard bring significant experience and expertise in the field of product recall and I am more than confident they will deliver our unique, comprehensive solutions to Aon’s clients.

Christof said: “We have a history of excellence in preparing our clients for crises and helping them through when the worst does occur. I look forward to working with my capable Aon colleagues to establish a truly global capability.”

Bernhard added: “The world of product contamination and recall has become a much more complicated issue in recent years and with Aon I look forward to providing all the resources and best-practice solutions afforded to a firm like Aon to the world’s best companies.”

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