Mercer 

Mercer has named Jan Rose as the market leader of its human capital consulting business for the New York Metro market. Ms Rose is a principal and senior consultant in the firm’s workforce strategies segment, with more than 20 years’ experience as a practitioner and consultant. With a broad HR background, she will use her skills and client experience in reward, talent management and human resource function transformation to implement a new business strategy. Ms Rose rejoined the firm in 2008 from the Capital H Group, having previously been with Mercer in the mid-1990s. Her experience includes having been the Global Content Leader at Hewitt and the Global Vice President of Human Resources for the NPD Group. In addition to her market leadership role at Mercer, Ms Rose joins the New York Metro market leadership team and will join the US human capital leadership team.

In addition, Gary Simmons has joined Mercer in London as a client manager and principal, responsible for a portfolio of major clients and for developing the firm’s human capital and government sector business. His previous position was with PricewaterhouseCoopers as a partner working on strategic human resource issues for companies in the public and private sectors in the UK, Europe, North America and the Middle East. He has over 27 years’ experience in actuarial, reward and wider HR consulting, having also previously worked with Hewitt and Watson Wyatt.

Furthermore, Mercer has named Dave Tolve as Retirement Business Leader for its US outsourcing business. In this role, Mr Tolve will be responsible for the strategic direction, growth and overall success of the firm’s defined contribution administration, defined benefit administration, and total retirement outsourcing lines of business. He will report to Michael Sternklar, COO and Head of the Americas for Mercer’s outsourcing business, and will be based in Norwood, Massachusetts. Mr Tolve joins Mercer from ING, where he was most recently the Head of eCommerce and Program Management responsible for its customer-facing technology strategy.

Sandy McCarthy, who previously led Mercer’s US outsourcing retirement business, will take on a new role as Asia Pacific Business Leader for its outsourcing business. She will be based in Melbourne and will report to Jeff Miller, President of Mercer’s global outsourcing business.

Prudential plc

Prudential plc has announced the appointment of Graham Mason as Chief Executive, Fund Management, Prudential Corporation Asia. Mr Mason will be a member of the board of directors, Prudential Corporation Asia and will report to Barry Stowe, Chief Executive, Prudential Corporation Asia. He joins from Prudential Portfolio Managers in South Africa where he was Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer. Mr Mason succeeds Arne Lindman who left in December.

Norfolk Mobility Benefits Inc.

David Bryan has joined Norfolk Mobility Benefits Inc. as a Marketing Consultant. Based in Naperville, Illinois, his role comprises expanding the company’s presence in the US market via acquisitions, strategic alliances and direct client work. Norfolk Mobility is a provider of expatriate benefit solutions. Mr Bryan was previously a consultant with The International Consulting Group in Chicago and, before that, the North American Director for both AIG and Insurope. His 27 years’ experience extends to all areas of international HR, with expertise on the design, funding and implementation of employee benefit risk and retirement plans.

Professional Financial Solutions

Professional Financial Solutions, a corresponding member of Abelica Global, has announced that Rhonda Virtue has joined the firm as a Principal. Specializing in group insurance, Ms Virtue will advise employers and key stakeholders in the superannuation and insurance sectors on a range of insurance matters. Ms Virtue joins the firm from Asteron, where she was responsible for preparing the company for its entry into the group insurance market. She was previously a consultant with Rice Walker Actuaries and before that was Head of Group Insurance at Aon. Ms Virtue has almost 20 years’ experience in group insurance and superannuation, having advised major industry funds, master trusts, public-sector funds and large corporations. She is based in Sydney.

Willis

Willis has announced that LeAnne Stefl has been promoted to SVP, Director of Global Client Advocacy of its Multinational Employee Benefits Practice, a new position. She reports to Chris Burns, CEO – Global Employee Benefits. Ms Stefl’s appointment is part of Willis’ strategy to globalize the services it provides for its multinational clients and to strengthen marketing, sales and operational support. Based in Washington, D.C., she will be responsible for supervising global account service teams around the world and establishing best practices for client deliverables, training and mentoring. In addition, Ms Stefl will oversee operations and the marketing and sales support team for the practice. She joined Willis’ Multinational Employee Benefits team in 2008, with responsibility for US Multinational client sales. Ms Stefl has more than 20 years’ experience in the insurance industry.

In addition, Willis has named Tom Dolan Vice President, Multinational Employee Benefits. Based in New York, Mr Dolan is responsible for developing new multinational employee benefits consulting and brokerage business among US-based multinational corporations. He will also be a global subject matter expert supporting large, complex client relationships and will help develop client solutions working as part of the Willis Global Employee Benefits Network worldwide. Mr Dolan also reports to Chris Burns as well as to Mike Barton, CEO, North American Human Capital Practice. He joins the company from Watson Wyatt, where he was a Senior International Consultant.
 

Callund y Compañía LTDA

Jonathan Callund has returned to Chile after six years’ absence to resume the running of Callund y Compañía LTDA’s consulting and employee benefits broking activities. Set up in 1981, soon after the private AFP pension system was established, the firm supports multinationals and local employers with their international health care and pension needs. Between 2003 and 2008 Mr Callund was with AIG in New York, responsible for Global Pensions & Annuities (35 operations around the world) and then Multinational Benefits Solutions, where he led the development of its EU-wide group risk programme.

Lockton Benefit Group

Christine Hoehne has joined Lockton Benefit Group, the world’s largest privately owned insurance brokerage. Ms Hoehne will be an Account Executive in the company’s International Benefit Services practice in the Minneapolis office. Before joining Lockton, Ms Hoehne spent eight years as an Account Executive for the Americas region of All Net, the international employee benefits network of the Allianz Group. She assisted multinational clients with employee benefit solutions and multinational pooling in more than 80 countries and was also responsible for partnerships in China and India.

Global Benefit Associates of California

Global Benefit Associates of California (GBA), an independent international employee benefit consulting firm based in San Bruno, California, has announced that Tony Procaccini has joined as Vice President – Business Development. His role is to provide strategic consulting and insurance broking services for brokers and consultants who have clients with global exposure. Mr Procaccini has over 25 years’ experience in the employee benefits industry including underwriting, client management and business development. His previous positions include Vice President at Woodruff-Sawyer and Director of the Western Region for CIGNA International Expatriate Benefits.

Torus

Torus, the global specialty insurer, has announced the appointment of Jackie Richardson as SVP, Head of Global Human Resources. Based in New Jersey and reporting to Global Chief Operating Officer Naveen Anand, Ms Richardson will implement and lead the human resources strategy for the group worldwide. Ms Richardson joins Torus from Synovate, a global market research firm, where she was Executive VP, HR for the Americas. She has over 20 years’ experience in HR in the insurance industry, her most recent role having been Vice President for Property & Casualty HR at CNA, where she oversaw HR strategies for their P&C operations globally.

Aon Consulting

Eddie Franco has recently joined Aon’s Global Benefits team in Houston. Mr Franco brings more than 30 years’ global industry experience, including having spent time with Hewitt, where he worked as an international consultant in the Asia-Pacific region and in Europe, most recently with Towers Perrin. He will focus on advising multinational companies on global total reward and M&As.

In addition, Karina Beksa has joined the Aon Global Benefits team in Amsterdam. Ms Beksa previously worked at Sun Microsystems where she was a financial analyst.

Furthermore, Karen de Paoli has become a member of Aon’s international team in Paris to focus on working with French multinationals. Ms de Paoli most recently worked for the Mercer international team in Italy.