John M. Minor, National Director of Political Risks for Aon Trade Credit nmanages Aon’s political risk practice in the U.S. His responsibilities include providing financial and political risk management advice to companies doing business around the world, including risk identification and analysis, program design, market negotiation and product development. His articles on political risk have appeared in Risk Management, International Risk Management, and Risk Management Letter. Prior to joining Aon in 1992, Mr. Minor taught at a number of universities, including the Wuhan Urban Construction Institute in central China, and studied at Clark University and Villanova University.

Samuel R. Wilkin serves as Country Risk Advisor for Aon Trade Credit,provides political risk analysis services to Aon clients. Prior to joining Aon, he worked as Director of Country Analysis for Marvin Zonis + Associates, a political risk consultancy. Hiswork has appeared in the Financial Times, Risk Management, The Banker and World Trade, among other journals. He is co-author of The Kimchi Matters: Global Business and Local Politics in a Crisis-Driven World, forthcoming in October 2003 from Agate Press. Mr. Wilkin studied at Eckerd College, Waseda University in Tokyo and the University of Chicago.

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