Women to Watch: Kathryn Hayley

Kathryn Hayley

Chief Executive Officer

Aon Consulting U.S.

Chicago

Age: 48

After spending 21 years working with Deloitte Consulting in a variety of positions in the United States and abroad, Kathryn Hayley stepped into the top role at Aon Consulting U.S. in June. Among her responsibilities, Ms. Hayley has been charged with leading efforts for enhancing the organization's service delivery models, among other responsibilities. In addition, she serves on the board of directors for Gateway Foundation, the Chicago Shakespeare Theater and the Civic Consulting Alliance.

What would you change: "In human capital, we look at issues as benefit issues and retirement plan issues and tend to think more tactically than we should...we are dealing with the two biggest issues that are shaping the U.S. economy, and we need to think bigger and more creatively about ways to deal with these broad issues."