Aon has appointed former Aberdeen Standard investment specialist Mike Smaje as a partner in its global investment practice.
Smaje, who will be based in Aon’s Leeds and Manchester offices, has worked for 25 years in pensions and investment consultancy, and asset management.
At Aberdeen Standard, formerly Standard Life Investments, Smaje delivering advice to UK pension scheme trustees and is a liability driven investment (LDI) product specialist on risk management strategies.
Prior to this, he was director of investment services at First Actuarial, where he led the development and delivery of its investment consulting capabilities. He previously spent almost two decade in investment and actuarial consultancy roles at Willis Towers Watson.
Hee has a first class BSc (Hons) in Mathematics from the University of Manchester and has been a qualified actuary since 1999.
Aon investment partner Guy Willard says: “Aon’s investment practice relies on a combination of talents and skills from around the financial industry, allowing us to have a broad view across the markets and the economic factors that drive them.
“Mike Smaje brings extensive experience from many areas of actuarial and investment consulting, from holding scheme actuary appointments to asset liability modeling, risk analysis and manager selection. We welcome Mike to the team and look forward to the value his expertise will bring to our clients.”
