Aon Corp. Appoints Davies

Chicago - Chicago-based Aon Corp., a global risk services provider, announced that Christa Davies, an executive of Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash., has joined Aon as executive vice president, global finance. Davies will be appointed as chief financial officer in March 2008. She succeeds David Bolger, who announced in May that he will be leaving Aon, and has since been named chief operations officer of the Chicago Olympic Committee.
 
At Microsoft, Davies was chief financial officer of the Platform and Services division (PSD), which includes three publicly reported segments: Windows client, server & tools and online services. At PSD, Davies managed a team responsible for the full financial function of the division, including budgeting, financial management, strategy and acquisitions, and investor relations.
 
Davies joined Microsoft in 2002, and held a series of positions with increasing responsibility within the company, including chief financial officer for Online Services, where she was responsible for budgeting, financial management and control, and external reporting.

Source: Aon Corp.