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Christa Davies

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Chief Financial Officer

Aon Corp.

Chicago

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The company's first female chief financial officer, Christa Davies is responsible for helping Aon's president and chief executive officer drive strategic business decisions and working with the heads of Aon's global business units to improve the quality and effectiveness of financial management information and compliance. Formerly the CFO of Microsoft Corp.'s platform and services division, Ms. Davies managed three publicly reported segments of business with annual revenues of $28.6 billion during fiscal year 2007. She also has held positions at Rolls-Royce Group P.L.C. and McKinsey & Co.

THE BEST ADVICE YOU'VE EVER RECEIVED: In taking on roles, focus on who you work for and with, rather than what the role is itself. What I've observed is working with great people allows you to learn a lot more and that is how I have managed my career.

WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE PROFESSIONALLY WHILE GROWING UP: I did not know what I wanted to do while growing up, and I've changed professions quite a few times. I did a degree as an aerospace engineer and at one stage wanted to go work for NASA. I've worked in management consulting. I worked in technology for a very long time with Microsoft, having run a sales team and being a CFO and running a product development team. I've done lots of different things. I've never quite known what I wanted to be, but I've loved being a CFO and I can imagine being that for a very a long time.

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