Operations Committee

Clyde K Ebanks Marian Nelson Bruce Wineman Chris Baudouin Benjamin Chang Andres Silva Bruce Curby Richard Broekhuizen Pedro Penalva Kathleen Lynch


 
 

Chris Baudouin [email protected]

Chairman
Chris Baudouin, Chairman of Aon Risk Solutions’ Global Client Network, has spent over 30 years in the insurance industry with the past 18 years in executive leadership roles. Prior to joining Aon in 1996, he was CEO of Alexander & Alexander Mexico, responsible for all operations in that country. He was named President and CEO of Aon Mexico in 1997 and from 2001 to 2011 was also the Chief Operating Officer for Aon Risk Solutions Latin America. As Chairman of the AGCN, Chris will continue to focus on ensuring that Aon delivers superior service, content and capability to multinational clients in every segment around the world.

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Richard Broekhuizen [email protected]

Regional Director – UK (England, Scotland and Ireland)
Richard has 21 years in the insurance industry, 11 of which were in underwriting roles and 10 with global brokers. Richard has been with Aon for the last nine years. During this time he has handled local UK, international and global inwards business within Aon UK's Corporate division. In addition to overall responsibility for AGCN in England, Northern and Southern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, Richard manages all global inwards business into the UK. Richard has wide experience in designing insurance solutions for clients in many different business sectors, including Food and Drink, Retail and Transport Logistics. As the Head of UK, Richard is focused on embedding GCN protocols and best practices within our UK business to ensure Aon delivers solutions which meet the needs of our global clients.

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Bruce Curby [email protected]

Regional Director – Pacific/Australasia
Bruce has 33 years international insurance broking experience. He has been with Aon for 19 years, during this time he has provided insurance and risk management solutions to International and National Corporations. He has specialised in Agriculture where he has developed a number of risk insurance products for rural Australia. Bruce leads Aon’s Global Client Network in Australia which consists of 20 dedicated brokers based in Sydney and Melbourne.

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Benjamin Chang [email protected]

Regional Director - Asia
As Regional Managing Director for Aon for 13 countries in Asia, Benjamin Chang is leading the team in driving growth in the Global and Large Corporate Client segment within this Asia region. Prior to this appointment, Benjamin was Regional Director, Global & Risk Managed Accounts, Asia Pacific as well as Executive Director for Aon Hong Kong and China. Benjamin has over 25 years broking experience (20 with Aon) as well as 5 prior years with AIG. Benjamin has held Account Directorship and Strategic Account Management responsibilities for a wide range of clients in a multitude of different industries. Benjamin has led Aon Asia in the development of new product risk management platforms, speaks regularly about the “Risk and Insurance Market in China” on behalf of Aon and has conducted many road shows across the US, Europe and Asia.

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Clyde Ebanks [email protected]

Chief Executive Officer
Clyde has over 20 years’ experience in the insurance industry, from both the underwriting and the brokerage side, Clyde has led various GCN regions and offices in the U.S., served as COO and Co-COO of the U.S. GCN, been part of the global Steering Committee, and worked with many ARS Practices and Disciplines on technical and operational matters from his current position in Chicago. In addition to his important continuing risk management counsel and development of innovative solutions for our large multinational clients, Clyde has been diligently working within AGCN and across other practices and disciplines to create the best technical and operational environment and tools for our group going forward. Clyde will continue to be responsible as Chief Executive Officer for AGCN market interface and partnership as well as operational and financial stability within ARS as we support and refine our global operations.

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Kathleen Lynch [email protected]

US Co-Leader
Kathy has over 19 years of experience in the insurance industry, all with Aon. Kathy joined Aon and the Aon Global Client Network (AGCN) 20 years ago in New York. From there, she took on additional leadership responsibilities as AGCN Manager of the Southeast based out of Charlotte, North Carolina and is now the US Co-Leader for AGCN. Kathy is an expert in designing, negotiating, implementing and servicing large complex global insurance programs with a broad range of industry expertise. Kathy was named as a Power Broker in 2012 and 2013 as well as featured in Business Insurance 40 under 40 in 2013. She is responsible for co-leading the AGCN US team where she helps design and execute multinational risk management programs for US-based multinational client organizations as well as supports Aon US’ cross-border retail practice and personnel development.

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Marian Nelson [email protected]

Managing Director Operations
Marian has over 20 years of insurer and broking experience, the majority of which have been with Aon and predecessor companies. While Marian has held various positions within Aon, each role focused on understanding the needs of, and delivering value to, global clients. Marian brings a number of skills within the areas of operations and client service and through her experience in handling both global outgoing and incoming clients, she is well versed in the unique nuances of each. Her knowledge of both global and domestic client issues, compliance matters, coupled with similar knowledge of market conditions and available solutions allow her not only understand client concerns, but articulate their implications and ultimately find the best choice of solutions for our clients. Marian has hosted various internal and client workshops to address and educate on these important subjects.

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Pedro Penalva [email protected]

Regional Director - Europe and Middle East
Pedro Penalva is the Aon Global Client Network Regional Director for EMEA. Pedro has over 20 years of multinational experience in risk management, insurance and consulting. Pedro is based in Lisbon.

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Andres Silva [email protected]

Regional Managing Director – LATAM
Andres has 16 years of experience in the insurance industry with Aon. Andres is an expert in designing, broking and implementing complex global programs as well as managing large multinational accounts in emerging markets. In 2001, he joined Aon as a member of the AGCN team in Colombia and then continued his career at Aon by taking on leadership roles with AGCN in Ecuador, New York and Miami. Prior to accepting his role as AGCN Regional Director of Latin America/Caribbean region, Andres was the Chief Executive Officer of Aon Peru where he helped start and grow Aon’s retail operation in the country. Now, he currently oversees a team of 200 professionals in the AGCN Latin America/Caribbean region, including a regional hub in Miami, Florida. Andres is based in Bogota, Colombia.

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Bruce Wineman [email protected]

Senior Managing Director
Bruce has 30 years’ experience on both the insurer and brokerage sides of the industry, more than 20 of which have been with Aon. Bruce has had leadership roles within AGCN that include the Western region of the U.S., Co-COO as part of the global Steering Committee and as Director of Europe during his deployment to London. His client experience covers a wide variety of industries, such as high technology, mining, transportation, chemical and retail industries, with a specialty in consulting for financial institutions’ infrastructure projects throughout the world. Bruce has also been an integral part of many of our largest and most successful business ventures, supporting and partnering with colleagues all over the world on these opportunities.

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