{"id":1339176,"date":"2025-11-06T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/speaker\/jennifer-richards\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T10:50:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:50:00","slug":"jennifer-richards","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/speaker\/jennifer-richards\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Richards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer is the Chief Executive Officer of Asia Pacific and a member of the Aon Executive Committee. She is responsible for leading Aon\u2019s strategic direction in the region to deliver distinctive value for clients across solution lines.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer joined Aon in 2011 and served most recently as Chief Executive Officer of Australia where she fostered key client relationships and embedded the firm&#8217;s 3&#215;3 Plan to accelerate growth and capabilities across Risk Capital and Human Capital. Jennifer\u2019s background in specialist risk encompassing areas such as climate, cyber, D&amp;O and M&amp;A, gives her a unique perspective on emerging risks with a focus on delivering solutions to enable clients to better protect and grow their businesses.<\/p>\n<p>A member of Aon\u2019s Global Inclusive Leadership Council, Jennifer is committed to building and inspiring high-performing teams and creating a culture of inclusivity where all Aon colleagues are empowered to reach their full professional potential.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Aon, she held several senior management roles at AIG in its Financial Institutions and M&amp;A businesses in North America. Before moving into the insurance industry, Jennifer practiced corporate and securities law at Sidley Austin LLP in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto, a Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall, York University and a Master of Laws from the University of Cambridge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer is the Chief Executive Officer of Asia Pacific and a member&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1339460,"template":"","role":[1399],"class_list":["post-1339176","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","role-keynote"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker\/1339176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/speaker"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker\/1339176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1481478,"href":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker\/1339176\/revisions\/1481478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1339460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1339176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"role","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plusweb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/role?post=1339176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}