Aon, a global professional services firm, has appointed Rishi Mehra as head of India, with immediate effect.  Mehra will be based in Mumbai and join Aon’s Asia Pacific Executive Committee and Global Executive Leadership Team.  

Mehra who joined Aon in 2003 holding several senior finance roles across the Asia Pacific region, most recently served as chief financial officer, Asia and Greater China. 

Before joining Aon, he worked at PepsiCo and PWC in India in consulting and business planning roles.  

In his new role, Mehra will be responsible for bringing together the collective capabilities across risk, health, wealth, and talent consulting under a single leadership model, to harness the combined breadth of Aon’s expertise and solutions for clients across India.

He will also be responsible for integrating Global Insurance Brokers during the year.  

“Rishi will build on the team’s success and strengthen collaboration across India to help our clients shape business decisions for the better,” said Anne Corona, chief executive officer of Asia Pacific at Aon.

“We have so much opportunity ahead of us in a very unique and thriving economy, and I look forward to working with the team to unlock India’s growth potential leveraging our Risk Capital and Human Capital capabilities to deliver insights and scalable solutions to help our clients make better decisions to protect and grow their businesses,’ said Mehra.