Pauline Colvin joins from Skandia.

Aon Limited has appointed Pauline Colvin as chief risk officer.

Colvin has previously been chief risk officer for Skandia, group risk director at Royal & SunAlliance and director of risk, compliance and internal audit at Pearl Assurance. She has also worked as a financial controller and, early in her career, worked as an auditor at Coopers & Lybrand.

David Mead, chief operating officer, said: “Aon is very fortunate to have someone of Pauline’s calibre and experience coming aboard.

“Ensuring we have the right processes in place to truly embed effective risk management as an integral part of our firm’s culture is vital. Not only does such an approach ensure we conform to FSA regulations and guidelines, it also enables us to be more effective at implementing our UK growth strategy through the use of Enterprise Risk Management disciplines.”

Colvin was awarded a Cranfield MBA in 2001, and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Chartered Accountants.

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