Mercer has internally promoted Guy Thorburn as the new business leader for its retirement, risk and finance consulting business in Australia/New Zealand.
Thorburn has worked at Mercer for the past 13 years specialising in advising life insurance providers, retail fund managers and superannuation funds in the areas of prudential management, post-merger integration, product strategy and development and operational issues.
He succeeds Tim Jenkins as the leader for the business which provides actuarial services and strategic consulting related to risk management, governance and financial management for employers, superannuation funds and other financial services organisations.
Jenkins led the Australia/NZ business for the past seven years, while concurrently holding the joint role of Asia Pacific business leader for the past three years.
Thorburn's appointment now provides a dedicated leader for the Australia/NZ business, allowing Jenkins to focus on the Asia Pacific region as a whole.
"Regulatory change and market consolidation has presented many new opportunities for Mercer's clients and allowed us to strengthen our position as a leading and trusted advisor to superannuation funds and employers and extend this to the broader financial services sector," Jenkins said.
"The appointment of Guy Thorburn as the dedicated leader of Mercer's retirement, risk and finance consulting business in Australia and New Zealand demonstrates our commitment to continue to strengthen our team to provide quality advice to steer superannuation funds, employers and financial services organisations through the strategic and operational issues they face in the current environment."
