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Mark Stach has been named publisher and general manager, strategic business media, Business Insurance. In his new role, effective today, Mr. Stach will oversee all print, digital and event operations for Business Insurance, based in Chicago. He replaces as publisher Martin J. Ross III, who in August was named to the new position of vp/managing director of events and business development. Mr. Stach, 42, previously was global chief operating officer-consulting at Hewitt Associates Inc. in Lincolnshire, Ill., a leading human resources consulting and outsourcing organization that Aon Corp. acquired last month. Before that post, Mr. Stach served as global chief financial officer-consulting for Hewitt. From 2004 to 2007, he was vp of complex travel and vp of business planning at the online travel company Orbitz Worldwide Inc., based in Chicago. "Mark led content management at Hewitt and an online business at Orbitz. As a leader of a global business, he has walked in the shoes of many of our subscribers," said Christopher Crain, vp and group publisher for Crain Communications Inc. "These talents, combined with his strategic experience and fresh thinking, will help make him a strong leader of the valued Business Insurance brand and its award-winning staff." Prior to Orbitz, Mr. Stach worked at uBid Inc., where he helped evolve the online retail auction site. In addition, he was a management consultant with Diamond Management & Technology Consultants Inc., focusing on digital strategies for clients in insurance and retail. He was also a consultant for William M. Mercer Cos. L.L.C., serving as a national specialist in interactive communication media. Mr. Stach earned a master's degree in business administration at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business and a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. He lives in Lake Forest, Ill., with his wife and two daughters. Mr. Stach can be reached at [email protected] and 312-649-5347.