Matt Kinton

About Matt Kinton

As a passionate and seasoned professional with nearly three decades of experience in Human Resources and Employee Benefits, I specialize in Health and Welfare (H&W) benefits, Defined Benefit, Defined Contribution, and Human Capital strategies. Over the years, I’ve honed my expertise in employee benefits solutions, benefits strategy development, HR transformation, and related solutions. My extensive network has allowed me to develop strong partnerships while helping organizations navigate complex challenges to achieve collective success. I am a results-driven leader with a proven track record in driving sales results while fostering collaboration with external prospects, brokers, producers, industry analysts, and internal stakeholders. Recognized as a leader and mentor, I thrive in leading teams, coaching, and problem-solving.

Experience

1. Market Sales Leader

   Aon

   Jul 2025 — Present

   Commercial leader and member of the Health Solutions leadership team responsible for driving the market sales function across Health, Wealth, and Commercial Risk solutions.• Accountable for influencing local market strategy and operations while representing the market to internal and external stakeholders• Collaborates with sales and practice leaders, producers and account executives, in addition to local and national resources to achieve the market’s revenue goals through new and expanded sales• Develops and implements annual sales plans while promoting a sales-focused culture across the market• Serves as a coach, mentor and strategist to assist colleagues in achieving their goals• Manages and leads teams during complex and sophisticated sales cycles• Coordinates and executes marketing events and follow-up strategies in collaboration with marketing team members• Utilizes CRM and sales tools while supporting sales goal setting and allocation, new business forecasting, pipeline management and revenue recognition

Education

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Bachelor of Arts, Political Science

  1992 — 1996