Gregory C. Case -President and Chief Executive Officer, Aon plc
Mr. Case, President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Case became President and Chief Executive Officer of Aon in April 2005. Prior to joining Aon, Mr. Case was a partner with McKinsey & Company, the international management consulting firm, for 17 years, most recently serving as head of the Financial Services Practice. He previously was responsible for McKinsey's Global Insurance Practice, and was a member of McKinsey's governing Shareholders' Committee. Prior to joining McKinsey, Mr. Case was with the investment banking firm of Piper, Jaffray and Hopwood and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
Lester B. Knight -Chairman of Executive Committee -Chairman of Governance/Nominating Committee Outside: Founding Partner, RoundTable Healthcare Partners
Mr. Knight is a Founding Partner of RoundTable Healthcare Partners and the former Vice Chairman and director of Cardinal Health, Inc., a diversified healthcare service company. Mr. Knight was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Allegiance Corporation from 1996 until February 1999, and had been with Baxter International, Inc. from 1981 until 1996 where he served as Corporate Vice President from 1990, Executive Vice President from 1992, and as a director from 1995. Mr. Knight became Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aon in August 2008. He is a director of NorthShore University HealthSystem and Junior Achievement of Chicago, a Trustee of Northwestern University and a member of the Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago.
Jim-Yong Cai -Member of Finance Committee -Member of Organization and Compensation Committee Outside: Partner at TPG Capital
Effective, August 10, 2016, the Board of Directors of the Aon plc appointed Jin-Yong Cai as a director of the Company. Mr. Cai is a partner at TPG Capital, a global private equity investment firm, a position he has held since February 2016. From October 2012 to January 2016, Mr. Cai served as the chief executive officer of the International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group.
Fulvio Conti - Independent -Chairman of Finance Committee -Member of Executive Committee -Member of Governance/Nominating Committee Outside: Former Chief Executive Officer and General Manager, Enel SpA
Mr. Conti most recently served as Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Enel SpA, Italy's largest power company, a position he had held from May 2005 to May 2014. From 1999 until his appointment as CEO and General Manager, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Enel. Mr. Conti has a financial career spanning over 40 years, and has held the role of Chief Financial Officer for various private and government-owned entities in Italy and other countries. Mr. Conti served as a director of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia for many years and stepped down from his position in March 2014. In May 2009, he was appointed Cavaliere del Lavoro of the Italian Republic and in December of that year he became Officier de la Legion d'Honneur of the French Republic. In October 2011, Mr. Conti was appointed as a director of the Italian Institute of Technology. In March 2012, Mr. Conti was appointed as a director of RCS Mediagroup and in April 2012 he was appointed Vice President of Confindustria and remained in that role until May 2014 when he stepped down. Mr. Conti served as a non-executive director of Barclays PLC/Barclays Bank PLC from April 2006 through April 2014.
Cheryl A. Francis - Independent -Member of Finance Committee -Member of Organization and Compensation Committee Outside: Co-Chair, Corporate Leadership Center
Ms. Francis served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., a publicly-traded print media company, from 1995 until 2000. Since 2000, Ms. Francis has served as a business consultant and, since August 2008, as Co-Chairman of the Corporate Leadership Center. From 2002 until August 2008, she served as Vice Chairman of the Corporate Leadership Center. Prior to her role at R.R. Donnelley, Ms. Francis served on the management team of FMC Corporation and its subsidiary, FMC Gold, including serving as Chief Financial Officer of FMC Gold from 1987 through 1991, and Treasurer of FMC Corporation from 1993 through 1995. She was also an adjunct professor for the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business from 1991 through 1993. Ms. Francis currently serves as a director of HNI Corporation and Morningstar, Inc., and previously served as a director of Hewitt from 2002 until our acquisition of Hewitt on October 1, 2010.
J. Michael Losh - Independent -Chairman of Audit Committee -Member of Executive Committee -Member of Finance Committee -Member of Governance/Nominating Committee Outside: Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President (retired), General Motors Corporation
From July 2004 to May 2005, Mr. Losh served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Cardinal Health, Inc., a diversified healthcare service company. From 2000 until 2002, Mr. Losh served as non-executive Chairman of Metaldyne Corporation, a leading global designer and supplier of metal based components, assemblies and modules for transportation related powertrain and chassis applications. From 1994 until 2000, Mr. Losh served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of General Motors Corporation. Mr. Losh spent 36 years in various capacities with General Motors, where he served as Chairman of GMAC, its financial services group, Group Vice President of North American Sales, Service and Marketing, and Vice President and General Manager of both its Oldsmobile Division and Pontiac Division. Mr. Losh currently serves as a director of Prologis, Inc., H.B. Fuller Corporation, Masco Corp. and TRW Automotive Corp. He previously served as a director of Cardinal Health, Inc. and CareFusion Corporation.
Robert S. Morrison - Independent -Member of Audit Committee -Member of Organization and Compensation Committee Outside: Vice Chairman (retired), PepsiCo, Inc. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (retired), The Quaker Oats Company
Mr. Morrison retired as Vice Chairman of PepsiCo, Inc. in February 2003 after serving in that role since August 2001. From 1997 until the 2001 merger with PepsiCo, he led The Quaker Oats Company as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. Previously, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kraft Foods, Inc., a division of Philip Morris Companies Inc., from 1994 until 1997. Mr. Morrison also served as Interim Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 3M from June to December 2005 and served as a director until 2014. He serves as a director of Illinois Tool Works Inc., where he is the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Richard B. Myers - Independent -Member of Audit Committee -Member of Compliance Committee -Member of Organization and Compensation Committee Outside: General, USAF, (retired) Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Myers served as the fifteenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1, 2001 until his retirement on September 30, 2005. In this capacity, he was the highest ranking officer in the United States military, and served as the principal military advisor to the President, the Secretary of Defense and the National Security Council. Prior to becoming Chairman, General Myers served as Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from March 2000 to September 2001. From August 1998 to February 2000, General Myers was Commander in Chief, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Space Command; Commander, Air Force Space Command; and Department of Defense manager, space transportation system contingency support at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Prior to assuming that position, he was Commander, Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, from July 1997 to July 1998. General Myers is a director of Deere & Company, Northrop Grumman Corporation and United Technologies Corporation. General Myers also serves as the Colin L. Powell Chair of National Security, Leadership, Character and Ethics at the National Defense University, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the USO World Board of Governors, the Foundation Professor of Military History and Leadership at Kansas State University and a Chair of the Kansas State University Foundation Board.
Richard C. Notebaert - Independent -Chairman of Organization and Compensation Committee -Member of Executive Committee -Member of Governance/Nominating Committee Outside: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (retired), Qwest Communications International Inc.
From June 2002 until August 2007, Mr. Notebaert served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Qwest Communications International Inc., a leading provider of broadband Internet based data, voice and image communications. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Tellabs, Inc., which designs and markets equipment to providers of telecommunications services worldwide, from August 2000 to June 2002 and as a director of Tellabs from April 2000 to June 2002. He served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Ameritech Corporation, a full-service communications company, from April 1994 until December 1999. Mr. Notebaert first joined Ameritech Communications in 1983 and served in significant positions within the Ameritech organization before his election as Vice Chairman of Ameritech in January 1993, President and Chief Operating Officer in June 1993 and President and Chief Executive Officer in January 1994. Mr. Notebaert is a director of Cardinal Health, Inc. and American Electric Power and serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Notre Dame. He serves as Chairman of the Organization and Compensation Committee and as a member of the Executive Committee, Finance Committee and the Governance/Nominating Committee of our Board.
Gloria Santona - Independent -Chairwoman of Compliance Committee -Member of Audit Committee -Member of Governance/Nominating Committee Outside: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, McDonald's Corporation
Ms. Santona is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of McDonald's Corporation. Since joining McDonald's in 1977, Ms. Santona has held positions of increasing responsibility in the legal department, serving as U.S. General Counsel from December 1999 to June 2001 and corporate General Counsel since June 2001. She is a member of the American and Chicago Bar Associations. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, the American Corporate Counsel Association and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Rush University Medical Center, Board of Directors of The Chicago Network, and a former member of the Board of Trustees of the Chicago Zoological Society and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Carolyn Y. Woo - Independent -Member of Audit Committee -Member of Compliance Committee -Member of Organization and Compensation Committee Outside: President and Chief Executive Officer, Catholic Relief Services
Dr. Woo is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Catholic Relief Services. From July 1997 to December 2011, Dr. Woo served as the dean of the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Woo currently serves as a director of NiSource Industries, Inc.