Aon Consulting Hires Leader for South Korea

Fri Nov 6, 2009 11:44am EST
 
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Opinion leader and Industry veteran Dr. Ki Ryung (Charlie) Kim to lead Korea
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SINGAPORE, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Consulting, the global human
capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation (NYSE: AOC), today
announced that opinion leader and industry veteran Dr. Ki Ryung (Charlie) Kim
has joined the firm as Chief Executive Officer of Aon Consulting Korea.

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In his new role, Kim will lead his team in expanding the solutions in health &
benefits and human capital consulting in South Korea. In addition, he will be
developing consulting solutions for Korean multinationals around the world. 

"I am pleased to welcome Charlie to Aon Consulting," said Edouard Merette,
Chief Executive Officer of Aon Consulting in Asia Pacific. "With a respected
academic and industry expert joining our leadership team, I am confident
Charlie will bring innovative solutions to the Korean market that will help
clients achieve long-term value."

A well-known opinion leader in Korea in the area of HR management, Kim is a
regular columnist with The Magazine of Human Resource Management. He joins Aon
from Hay Group, where he was the Representative Director in Korea. Kim
specializes in strategy development and execution, leadership, change
management, organizational culture, and talent management. Prior to that, he
was with Mercer as Worldwide Partner and the Representative Director for
Mercer Korea.

Kim has a PhD and Master's degree in Psychology from the State University of
New York at Buffalo. He is an Academic Professor with Le Cordon-Bleu
Hospitality MBA, and an Advising Professor for the Federation of Korean
Industries. He is also a Director at the Korea Academy of Leadership. 

Based in Seoul, Kim joined Aon Consulting Oct. 1.

About Aon Consulting
Aon Consulting Worldwide is among the top global human capital consulting
firms, with 2008 revenues of $1.358 billion and more than 6,300 professionals
in 229 offices worldwide.  Aon Consulting works with organizations to improve
business performance and shape the workplace of the future through employee
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 www.aon.mediaroom.com.

About Aon 
Aon Corporation (NYSE: AOC) is the leading global provider of risk management
services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human capital consulting.
Through its more than 37,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon readily delivers
distinctive client value via innovative and effective risk management and
workforce productivity solutions. Aon's industry-leading global resources and
technical expertise are delivered locally through more than 500 offices in
more than 120 countries. Named the world's best broker by Euromoney magazine's
2008 and 2009 Insurance Survey, Aon also ranked highest on Business
Insurance's listing of the world's largest insurance brokers based on
commercial retail, wholesale, reinsurance and personal lines brokerage
revenues in 2008. A.M. Best deemed Aon the number one insurance broker based
on brokerage revenues in 2007 and 2008, and Aon 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/.

    Contact:
    Elisa Bakri
    +65 6239 7540
    elisa_bakri@aon-asia.com




SOURCE  Aon Corporation

Elisa Bakri of Aon Corporation, +65 6239 7540, elisa_bakri@aon-asia.com

 

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