Aon launches corporate investigations team

Aon Consulting, the human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation (NYSE:AOC), a provider of risk management services, has launched a new corporate investigations group.
The new group will “assist organizations worldwide with their most complex corporate investigations, while ensuring they adhere to regulatory standards,” a company press release says.
“This group works with law firms, corporations, governmental entities and not-for-profit organizations to manage and mitigate risk involving a broad array of issues, including due diligence, embezzlement, kickbacks, intellectual property theft, commercial bribery, check fraud, sexual harassment allegations and workplace violence. Members of the team include former federal and state law enforcement agents, former attorneys, investigative researchers and threat management professionals.”
Robert W. Huff has joined Aon Consulting as a managing director and global leader of the new group, and Daniel R. Sullivan has joined as a senior director.
“The addition of Bob and Daniel, and the formation of this practice further establishes Aon Consulting’s ability to provide clients with a wide array of world-class financial advisory and litigation consulting services,” said Jerry F. Barbanel, the executive vice president and co-global leader of Aon’s financial advisory and litigation consulting services practice. “Bob’s and Daniel’s impressive backgrounds complement our practice, and augment our ability to serve clients’ corporate investigative needs.”
Huff joins Aon Consulting from Kroll, where he was a managing director and practice head of internal investigations and security services for the western region. He also served as a member of Ernst & Young’s fraud and forensic accounting group and was a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Sullivan also joins Aon Consulting from Kroll, where he was a director in the company’s business intelligence and investigations practice. Sullivan has more than 24 years of professional experience in all areas of investigations, case management and administration. Sullivan spent 20 years with the New York City police department, where he served as a sergeant and detective for the department.