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RiskMinds International
17 - 20 November 2025
InterContinental O2London

Petra Schmidt
Global Industry Leader at Aon
Discussion leader

Profile

Petra is a Managing Partner with Aon’s Enterprise Client Group and leads the Global Industry Group. In this role she oversees industry verticals serving Aon’s clients in Financial Institutions, Food, Ag and Bev, Life Sciences, Natural Resources, Financial Sponsors, Insurance and Technology.

Previously, Petra served in several leadership roles including Global Financial Industry Leader, Chief Commercial Officer, European Sales and Marketing, leading the Northeast region, and working in Global Business Development. Petra has lived and worked in several regions including two expatriate assignments in London as well as leading client/project assignments in Asia Pacific and Latin America. Previously she was a Vice President of National Accounts at Aetna for eight years. She has been with Aon for over 27 years and has a proven track record of delivering large-scale business solutions that have impact and establishing herself as a trusted advisor and strategic partner-of-choice for clients.

Ms. Schmidt currently serves on the Board of Directors for British American Business and recently served as a Board member of the University of Wisconsin-Student Affairs.

Petra holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed the Executive MBA course at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School as well as leadership work at Harvard University.