The appointment follows Anne Corona’s move to CEO of North America earlier this year
Aon has appointed Jane Drummond (pictured) as global chief commercial officer, effective January 1, 2027.
Drummond will report to Andy Marcell, deputy CEO and senior executive vice president for risk capital and human capital, and will join the Aon Executive Committee, based in Chicago. She succeeds Anne Corona, who was named CEO of North America for Aon in March 2026.
Drummond joined Aon in 2009 and brings more than 25 years of experience in the risk and insurance industry across risk management, risk finance consulting, sales and marketing. She currently serves as chief commercial officer for Asia-Pacific, working with sales leaders and country CEOs on new business development, strategic client relationships and commercial excellence. She also oversees Aon’s Strategic Account Management team in Asia and the Aon Global Client Network.
Marcell said Drummond’s track record and global perspective made her the right choice for the role.
“Jane is an exceptional leader with a proven track record of driving growth, advancing client value and building high-performing teams. Her deep industry experience, global perspective and commitment to delivering integrated solutions for clients make her uniquely positioned to lead our commercial strategy and help accelerate Aon’s growth agenda,” Marcell said.
Drummond said she sees the appointment as an opportunity to deepen what Aon already does well.
“Aon’s strength has always been its ability to bring the best of our firm together to help clients address increasingly complex challenges. I am honored to step into this role and look forward to working with colleagues around the world to strengthen our commercial capabilities, deepen client relationships and drive sustainable growth across the enterprise,” Drummond said.
A new structure to coordinate commercial priorities globally
In the new role, Drummond will lead Aon’s Global Growth Committee, bringing together regional and solution line chief commercial officers alongside leaders from sales enablement, marketing and bid and proposal management.
The committee is intended to align commercial priorities across the firm’s global operations, connecting Aon’s regional go-to-market strategies with its solution lines in risk capital and human capital rather than running them independently.
That coordination role reflects a broader challenge for global brokerages of Aon’s scale: ensuring that multinational clients receive consistent, integrated service across regions while allowing country-level teams enough flexibility to respond to local market conditions. Drummond’s background managing large multinational accounts and overseeing the Aon Global Client Network across Asia positions her to understand that tension from both sides, having operated as a regional leader before taking on a global mandate.
A succession that reflects Aon’s internal depth
The appointment continues a pattern of internal promotion at Aon’s most senior levels.
Corona’s March elevation to CEO of North America created the global CCO vacancy, and Drummond’s move from Asia-Pacific fills it with someone who has spent 17 years building deep knowledge of Aon’s own systems, client base and commercial model rather than being recruited from a competitor.
For clients working with Aon across multiple regions, continuity in commercial leadership at both the North America and global levels, with two leaders who have worked closely together within the same firm, may mean a more consistent client experience than a dual external hire would have produced.
Why this matters for brokers and risk managers
For risk managers and brokers working with Aon on multinational accounts, Drummond’s Global Growth Committee mandate is worth watching as a potential signal of how Aon intends to coordinate cross-regional placements and client strategies going forward.
If the committee succeeds in aligning commercial priorities across regions, it could produce more consistent pricing, appetite and solution-design across Aon’s global offices for accounts that currently navigate separate regional relationships, a meaningful development for any multinational client whose coverage needs span multiple continents.
