Aon makes senior promotions in Birmingham insolvency and restructuring team
06 February 2025
Image caption: Andy McIntosh & Sadie Easdown
Aon plc (NYSE: AON), has announced that its specialist UK insolvency and restructuring insurance and risk team, based in Colmore Business District, Birmingham, has made two significant promotions following a year of unprecedented growth with further expansion planned.
Focused on the provision of risk and insurance services across a diverse range of insolvency and restructuring scenarios, Aon’s insolvency and restructuring team delivers enhanced shareholder and creditor returns through the innovative use of risk capital. It has built a strong reputation for the longevity of its client relationships and experienced revenue growth of 40 percent in 2024.
Due to the team’s continued growth, Sadie Easdown and Andrew McIntosh have both been promoted to executive director roles.
After starting her career with Aon, Sadie went on to gain a broad range of experience at Willis Towers Watson. She returned to Aon in 2018 as a pivotal part of the team that launched the firm’s insolvency and restructuring business. Sadie has amassed over 16 years’ experience delivering bespoke insurance solutions to insolvency practitioners, receivers and turnaround professionals. During this time, she has led Aon’s project team on some significant insolvency engagements in the aviation, retail and manufacturing sectors.
Sadie Easdown said: “Having worked across corporate broking and mergers and acquisitions, as well as insolvency, I have developed an interesting mix of experience that helps me shape bespoke solutions for clients from a range of perspectives. I really enjoy the problem-solving aspect of my work.
“Aon’s insolvency insurance and risk team has built a strong reputation within the industry and the year ahead is set to be an exciting one. It is, therefore, fantastic to have been promoted into this new role allowing me to further my career within the Aon team.”
Andrew McIntosh has specialised in insolvency insurance since 2009, prior to which he gained experience across broking and scheme business. He is a strong believer that in delicate insolvency scenarios the effective use of the insurance market can make a positive impact in delivering better outcomes.
Andrew McIntosh said: “My responsibilities within the business have really evolved in recent years and I believe this promotion is recognition of that.
“We have proved to be a consistently high performing team for some time, and now Sadie’s and my promotions are forming part of a wider restructuring that ensures we will continue to attract and retain the very best talent to maintain this level of performance.”
Mark Sanderson, managing director of insolvency and restructuring at Aon in the UK, said: “Despite there being comparatively fewer insolvencies in 2024, it proved to be a stellar year for the Aon team – we grew by over 40 percent. This growth was in no small part due to the expertise and commitment to long-term client relationships in which our team invests every day.
“Both Sadie and Andy, with whom I’ve worked for the past 15 years, played a significant role in this growth – their promotions are richly deserved. Now in 2025 – a year which I don’t doubt will bring interesting new challenges to the insolvency landscape – it’s imperative that we continue to present the very strongest team within the sector.”
Aon’s insolvency and restructuring insurance team also recently appointed Georgia Taylor to the role of client service adviser, and Yalda Mazaheri as administrator to provide support to the whole team. It is actively recruiting for a further two client service advisors as it seeks to capitalise further on progress made in 2024.
