Aon Benfield appoints Bungert, Christian as co-CEOs

By Canadian Underwriter, | April 14, 2010 | Last updated on October 30, 2024
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Michael Bungert, CEO of the Americas for Aon Benfield, and Dominic Christian, CEO of Aon Benfield’s international division, will serve as co-CEOs of Aon Benfield.  Bungert is based in Chicago. He joined Aon Re Inc. as an executive vice president in 1989. Before joining Aon, Christian, who is based in London, was a group board director of Benfield Group Plc, CEO of the international division and CEO of Benfield Limited. Grahame Chilton will assume a new role as chairman of Aon Benfield, with a focus on strategy, marketing and client development. Andrew Appel, formerly the CEO of Aon Benfield, will transition into a newly created role as chief operating officer of Aon Corporation.

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