Aon Announces New Appointment; Chris Baudouin Promoted to Country Manager for Mexico.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2001 Aon (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AOC AOC, n an acronym for the Aromatherapy Organizations Council. ) announced today that Chris Baudouin has been named country manager for Mexico, effective immediately. He will be based in Mexico City. "Chris Baudouin is an experienced business manager with strong leadership skills. We are confident that his talents and commitment will contribute to helping us meet our goals by leveraging all of Aon's many resources to serve clients," said Michael D. O'Halleran, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. for Aon Corporation. "We are very pleased to announce his new role within Aon." Mr. Baudouin has been with Aon since 1996 and most recently has served as president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Aon Risk Services in Mexico, a position that he will continue to hold. As country head for Mexico, he will seek to maximize the efficiency of Aon's offerings and bring all of its strengths to bear in providing integrated solutions to client problems. Mr. Baudouin, 44, was born in Mexico and has spent his entire 20 year career in the insurance brokerage industry. He received a degree in economics from the University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. and a diploma in advanced management from the Panamerican Institute for Senior Management (IPADE IPADE Instituto Panamericano de Alta Direccion de Empresa (Mexico school) IPADE Institute for Peace and Democracy (Mozambique) ). Aon Corporation (www.aon.com) is a holding company that is comprised of a family of insurance brokerage, consulting and insurance underwriting subsidiaries. Aon's common stock is listed on the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Chicago, Frankfurt and London stock exchanges. This press release may contain certain statements relating to future results, which are forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or those anticipated, depending on a variety of factors such as general economic conditions in different countries around the world, fluctuations in global equity and fixed income markets, changes in commercial property and casualty premium rates, the competitive environment, the actual cost of resolution of contingent liabilities, the final form of the business transformation plan, the ultimate cost and timing of the implementation thereof and the actual cost savings and other benefits resulting therefrom. Further information concerning the company and its business, including factors that potentially could materially affect the company's financial results are contained in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. --30--ajb/cgo CONTACT: Aon Corporation Angie Tegan, 312/701-4512 KEYWORD: ILLINOIS INTERNATIONAL LATIN AMERICA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: INSURANCE |
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