Aon has announced the appointment of Bruce Carnegie-Brown as non-executive chairman of Aon UK Limited.

Carnegie-Brown started his career at Bank of America, then moved on to JP Morgan Chase where he spent 18 years in a number of senior leadership positions including managing director, UK Investment Banking Group, chairman, JP Morgan Securities Asia Ltd in Tokyo, and head of European and Asian debt capital markets. He then spent three years at Marsh Ltd as CEO in the UK, progressing to become CEO of the EMEA business. His most recent executive appointment was managing partner of 3i Group plc.

Carnegie-Brown is currently non-executive director of Moneysupermarket.com and senior independent director of both Catlin Group Ltd and Close Brothers Group plc.

Robert Brown, CEO ARS EMEA & Aon UK Limited said: “I’m delighted Bruce is joining Aon UK Limited as non-executive Chairman and I look forward to working closely with him. Bruce’s broad experience and in-depth knowledge of our market make him an ideal Chairman for Aon.”

Bruce Carnegie-Brown said: “I’m looking forward to joining Aon UK Limited and to working with a very talented management team to build on their continuing success serving clients in the UK.”

Carnegie-Brown will join Aon this month, subject to FSA approval. He will replace Paul Manduca, who has become the new chairman of Prudential plc. Manduca was appointed a non-executive director of Aon on 1 January 2006, and chairman in December 2008.

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