Aon UK chairman Manduca gets new advisory role

Operational improvement firm Alexander Proudfoot Company has appointed a new UK board of advisors, which includes Aon UK chairman Paul Manduca.

The advisory board is chaired by Sir Patrick Brown, chairman of the Go-Ahead Group. It also includes Barry Dinan, director of Hanson Green; Manduca, also the chairman of Henderson Diversified Income; John Matthews, chairman of the Regus Group and Media Systems Group; Michael Miles OBE chairman of Schroders and the BP Pensions Trustee Ltd; and Christopher Sheridan, non executive director of several companies including Standard Bank London and Hanover Acceptances.

Proudfoot chief executive Luiz Carvalho said: “The UK is a critical market and we are committed to continuing our investment efforts in the region."

Mike Melling, UK president at Alexander Proudfoot said: "The UK is a key market for Proudfoot. The current economic climate means company performance and results are much more under the spotlight; that’s when CEOs engage Proudfoot, because we deliver pragmatic solutions through behavioural, system and process changes that deliver immediate and sustained impact on operational performance.

"Each of our new advisors brings vast experience through many years of major company leadership and we look forward to the significant contribution they will make in developing client solutions across all industry sectors.”