MARSH Appoints Ms. Lin An As COO For China Operations

(Beijing, 22 September 2009) – Marsh, the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor, has appointed Ms. Lin An as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Marsh China, responsible for all ‘operations’, including Strategic Planning，Finance，Marketing，Legal and Compliance，IT and Back Office Service.

Commenting on the appointment, Mr Paul Wilkins, Chairman and CEO for Marsh Greater China, said: “I am extremely pleased to have Lin on board. As China takes an ever-increasing important place within Marsh Asia, this role will play a critical part as we continue to grow our business in China.”

Ms. An will be based in Beijing.  Prior to joining Marsh, Ms. An had extensive experience in strategic consulting serving multinational and Chinese financial institution clients. She held positions as Principal Manager and co-leader of Greater China Financial Services practice at Bain & Company, and Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company.

Ms. An holds a Master degree from The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, with majors in Finance and Economics. The Finance major was obtained at Johnson Graduate School of Management of Cornell University. She also obtained her B.A. degree in International Finance at Renming University of China.     

Commenting on her appointment, Ms Lin An said: “I’m thrilled with the opportunity to be part of such an exciting and high-growth organization.  My past experience in the management consulting business helping a broad number of multinational and Chinese financial institution clients improve their performance has prepared me well for the challenges ahead of me here in this function.  ”

“China is clearly a growth engine for Marsh globally, as the risk advisory and insurance broking industry takes hold and clients see the value Marsh offers.  I look forward to driving an operational strategy that helps Marsh further build a solid and efficient operational platform to support the rapid growth and sustain our leading position in China.”

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Marsh, the world's leading insurance broker and risk advisor, has 23,000 employees and provides advice and transactional capabilities to clients in over 100 countries. Marsh is a unit of Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), a global professional services firm with more than 54,000 employees and annual revenue exceeding $11 billion. MMC also is the parent company of Guy Carpenter, the risk and reinsurance specialist; Kroll, the risk consulting firm; Mercer, the provider of HR and related financial advice and services; and Oliver Wyman, the management consultancy. MMC’s stock (ticker symbol: MMC) is listed on the New York, Chicago and London stock exchanges. MMC’s Web Site is www.mmc.com.  Marsh’s Web site is www.marsh.com.