Mercer investment consulting organizes for growth opportunities

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Reflecting the growth opportunities in a number of investment consulting sectors, Mercer has announced several executive appointments aimed at taking leadership of the Asia Pacific region and global manager research boutiques businesses forward.

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London, 22 March 2010

Reflecting the growth opportunities in a number of investment consulting sectors, Mercer has announced several executive appointments aimed at taking leadership of the Asia Pacific region and global manager research boutiques businesses forward.

Simon Eagleton has been appointed Asia Pacific investment consulting regional business leader.  Mr. Eagleton has served as the investment consulting business leader for Australia/New Zealand for the last four years and is a seasoned investment consulting practitioner with substantial market-facing and business leadership experience. Mr. Eagleton will build upon Mercer’s investment consulting presence in growth markets such as Greater China, India, Singapore and Korea, and will expand Mercer’s global services such as Mercer Sentinel® and Mercer’s global manager research boutiques. He retains the business leadership role in Australia/New Zealand for the immediate future and will relocate to Singapore later this year.  He joins the Investment Consulting Leadership Team (ICLT) that oversees the global investment consulting business.

Mr Eagleton succeeds Tony Cole, who over fourteen years has played a key part in building Mercer investment consulting’s leading position in the Asia Pacific region, holding Australian and latterly region-wide leadership positions.  Mr Cole is taking on a new role centered on key client consulting, intellectual capital thought leadership and representing Mercer with government and other agencies in the Asia Pacific region. He continues as a member of the ICLT.

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”We believe this realignment of responsibilities positions Mercer for continued success in a number of major growth markets,” said Andrew Kirton, global head of Mercer investment consulting. “Asia Pacific is of particular interest to us, given the wealth of professional and private investors and growing savings pools.  We aim to bring best-in-class institutional investment practice to our growing list of diverse investor clients in Asia Pacific and globally.  The manager research boutiques take our research and consulting to the next level and for the first time allow our clients formal direct access to the largest full-time team of experts on investment management strategies.

About Mercer

Mercer is a leading global provider of consulting, outsourcing, and investment services. Mercer works with clients to solve their most complex benefit and human capital issues, designing and helping manage health, retirement, and other benefits. It is a leader in benefits outsourcing. Mercer’s investment services include investment consulting and multi-manager investment management. Mercer’s 18,000 employees are based in more than 40 countries. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., which lists its stock (ticker symbol: MMC) on the New York, Chicago, and London stock exchanges.

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