2013 40 Under 40: Kathleen C. Lynch
Southeast Region Reprints
Managing director
Aon Risk Solutions-Aon Global Client Network
Age: 39
For as long as she can remember, Kathleen Lynch has been fascinated by international issues.
“My interest always has been international,” says Ms. Lynch, who is a managing director in Charlotte, N.C., at Aon Risk Solutions-Aon Global Client Network.
In her position at Aon, she is immersed in international issues, helping clients with the design, negotiation and placement of coverage for their global property/ casualty programs. Among other things, she advises clients on overseas compliance issues to determine, for example, if coverage has to be provided by admitted insurers.
“I love it,” she says of her job. “You have to stay on top of things and provide solutions to the problems clients bring to you.”
James Breeney, resident sales director at Aon Risk Solutions in Charlotte, describes Ms. Lynch as “an extraordinary talent in our business. She has that ability to take complicated issues and make them very straightforward.
“She is absolutely terrific at new client acquisition and managing existing client relationships,” added Mr. Breeney, who has known Ms. Lynch for eight years.
Ms. Lynch joined Aon Risk Solutions in 1997, working her way to team leader in the New York global practice. In 2006, she transferred to Aon's Charlotte office and started Aon's Global Client Southeast practice. While a managing director within Aon's Global Client Network, she still manages the practice in the Southeast, which has grown significantly since she started the practice.
Ms. Lynch manages a team of five global specialists and is generous in her praise of her colleagues. “I can't say enough about the team I work with. They put everything into their jobs and that makes a big difference,” she said.
