Aon CFO Christa Davies to be honored at CFO magazine's 2012 Women in Finance Awards

CHICAGO, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Christa Davies, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Aon Corporation (NYSE:AON), has been nominated for CFO magazine's Women in Finance Awards. The awards will be presented on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the first annual CFO Women in Finance Conference held at Capitale in New York City.

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Davies joined Aon in November 2007 as executive vice president, Global Finance, and became chief financial officer in March 2008.

"Christa continues to be an outstanding leader and role model for our 60,000 global Aon colleagues, for our industry, and for those women who aspire to be among the next generation of leaders," said Greg Case, Aon's president and chief executive officer. "Her experience with complex global operations helped our firm successfully execute the two largest acquisitions in its history, and her strong financial leadership has helped Aon achieve significant revenue, margin, and earnings per share growth."

Before joining Aon, Davies worked for Microsoft from 2002 to 2007, where she held a series of positions with increasing responsibility, including her last role as chief financial officer of the Platform and Services Division, the largest and most profitable division within the company. Davies is a graduate in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Queensland in Australia, and as a Fulbright Scholar, she earned a master's degree in business administration from the Harvard Business School.

CFO magazine's first annual Women in Finance Awards will honor all of the women CFOs of the Fortune 500 and the Global 500 for their achievements in reaching the CFO seat at the world's largest companies – an amazing success as there are only 65 women CFOs out of the entire group. The awards ceremony will take place from noon to 2:00 p.m., preceded by a morning conference focusing on essential skills for succeeding in the C-suite and beyond, effective mentoring, and persuasive communications. For more information on the event go to www.cfo.com/wif.

About Aon

Aon Corporation (NYSE:AON) is the leading global provider of risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human resources solutions and outsourcing services. Through its more than 61,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon unites to empower results for clients in over 120 countries via innovative and effective risk and people solutions and through industry-leading global resources and technical expertise. Aon has been named repeatedly as the world's best broker, best insurance intermediary, reinsurance intermediary, captives manager and best employee benefits consulting firm by multiple industry sources. Visit http://www.aon.com for more information on Aon and http://www.aon.com/manchesterunited to learn about Aon's global partnership and shirt sponsorship with Manchester United.

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