Aon Consulting Announces U.S. Vice President Promotions

CHICAGO, May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Consulting Worldwide, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation , announced today the following assistant vice presidents were promoted to vice president in their respective practice groups across the country:

Atlanta -- John Hess, Retirement. Hess is the operations director for the global research unit of Aon Investment Consulting and is a specialist in global and international equity products. He has been with Aon for 13 years. -- Julie Pike, Employee Benefits Outsourcing. Pike is a client delivery officer and is responsible for the delivery of services to a number of employee benefits outsourcing clients in the health and benefits and defined benefits arenas. She has been with Aon for nine years. Austin, Texas -- Suzi Anderson, Health & Benefits. Anderson is an account manager specializing in strategic planning, plan design and underwriting projections. She provides health and benefits consulting services to clients and also serves as a resource and lead consultant for the Austin office. She has been with Aon for nine years. Baltimore -- Daniel Gardecki, Retirement. Gardecki is a consulting actuary and responsible for assisting clients with the design, funding and administration of their retirement programs. He has been with Aon for 18 years. -- Terrence Pringle, Health & Benefits. Pringle is responsible for providing consulting services to a number of large clients including hospitals, utilities and not for profit governmental groups. He assists clients with strategic planning, contract negotiations and due diligence for mergers and acquisitions. He has been with Aon for eight years. Chicago -- Michael Antoine, Retirement. Antoine is a team leader for Chicago's Defined Benefits practice as well as a consulting actuary. He is responsible for assisting clients with the design, funding and administration of their retirement programs. He has been with Aon for six years. Irvine, Calif. -- David Wachtel, Health & Benefits. Wachtel is an account manager with expertise in underwriting, plan design and alternative funding arrangements. He provides health and welfare consulting services for mid-market and larger firms in southern California and is involved with the training of new Aon employees. Wachtel has been with Aon for two years. New York -- Lynn Devany, Human Capital. Devany is responsible for creating and implementing communication strategies for clients in areas such as employee benefits, employee education and compensation and performance management. She has been with Aon for 29 years. -- Heidi Mader, Business Development. Mader is responsible for creating and executing business development strategies for Aon Consulting and serves as a national expert on workers' compensation issues in health care. She has been with Aon for four years. -- Joseph Whalen, Health & Benefits. Whalen is responsible for managing the accounts of some of Aon's largest health & benefits clients. He specializes in merger & acquisition consulting services. Whalen has been with Aon for 10 years. Orlando, Fla. -- Betsy Hill, Health & Benefits. Hill is an account manager and is responsible for providing strategic planning and consulting services for a number of major employers in Florida. She has been with Aon for seven years. Radnor, Pa. -- Kimberly McGarvey, Health & Benefits. McGarvey is responsible for managing the operations and reporting for Aon Consulting's National Health Care Data Analytics practice. She works with clients in the public and private sectors to deliver analysis encompassing the entire spectrum of disease management and wellness as well as available data and risk adjustment methodologies. She has been with Aon for five years. Rolling Meadows, Ill. -- Mike Weidner, Employee Benefits Outsourcing. Weidner serves as an account manager and client delivery officer for a number of employee benefits outsourcing clients. He has been with Aon for 12 years. Somerset, N.J. -- Clara Kim, Retirement. Kim is part of Aon Consulting's National Tax & ERISA practice and responsible for providing advice and counsel to major clients on their qualified and non-qualified benefits plans with respect to ERISA and federal income tax laws. She consults regularly with clients on legislative and regulatory issues and on employee benefits strategies. She has been with Aon for seven years. Southfield, Mich. -- Amy Mills, Human Capital. Mills partners with current and prospective Aon clients to create human resource-related solutions in the areas of selection, leadership assessment and development, performance management and talent management. She has been with Aon for 12 years. -- Matthew Such, Human Capital. Such is responsible for designing and delivering talent acquisition and talent management solutions for clients across a variety of industries. He advises clients on the development of innovative technology solutions as well as cultivates business development and marketing strategies for solution delivery expansion. Such has been with Aon for eight years. Stamford, Conn. -- Robert Northway, McLagan (1). Northway is head of the U.S. Mortgage Banking and Real Estate Consulting practices. He advises clients on compensation design programs that support business objectives and on market-share and performance issues. He has been with McLagan for four years. -- Carter Sherwood, McLagan. Sherwood is head of McLagan's Consumer Banking practice and responsible for leading the design and launch of global compensation benchmarking programs covering the credit card industry, retail banking and consumer and small business banking. He has been with McLagan for four years. -- Chris Tanana, McLagan. Tanana manages the Canadian Banking and Capital Market Studies and holds primary client relationship management responsibility for all of the large Canadian financial institutions. Tanana also manages McLagan's Board Flash and Staffing Benchmark products, global compensation and headcount analyses for large investment banks. He has been with McLagan for six years. Winston-Salem, N.C. -- Timothy Copeland, Retirement. Copeland is the defined benefits team leader and a member of Aon's National Retirement Practice Training Committee. He has been with Aon for 20 years. -- Kevin Holleran, Health & Benefits. Holleran serves as a technical team leader and mentor for Aon's southeast region. He is responsible for providing medical underwriting analysis, benefit plan analysis and benefit pricing and budgetary calculations for large clients. Holleran is also the compliance officer for the Winston-Salem office. He has been with Aon for nearly four years. 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. Aon also was ranked by A.M. Best as the number one global insurance brokerage in 2007 based on brokerage revenues, and voted best insurance intermediary, best reinsurance intermediary, and best employee benefits consulting firm in 2007 by the readers of Business Insurance. For more information on Aon, log onto http://www.aon.com/

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 and 2007.

(1) Aon Consulting's McLagan is an Aon subsidiary that provides compensation consulting, customized performance plans, and compensation reports to financial services organizations. For more information, contact: Raphaele Schnoll 312.755.3592 raphaele.schnoll@kemperlesnik.com (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO)