Mercer CEO and leadership

Martine Ferland is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mercer. Mercer is a global consulting leader in advancing the health, wealth and careers of over 115 million people around the world and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC), the leading global professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people. Martine previously served as Mercer’s Group President and was responsible for leading Regions and Global Business Solutions, executing profitable growth strategies and driving collaboration across the firm. Prior to this, she served as President of Mercer’s Europe and Pacific (EuroPac) Region, delivering consistent profitable growth, leadership in the institutional investment space (with assets under delegated management passing $100B) and a strengthened market position through strategic acquisitions. During her seven years at Mercer she’s leveraged her expertise in health, wealth and career to bring value to clients across the globe. She is an executive for Mercer’s benefit technology business, Thomsons. As one of Mercer’s most engaged leaders around diversity and charitable outreach, Martine is the Executive Sponsor of Mercer’s global volunteering program, Mercer Cares. She has participated in charity runs with Mercer colleagues around the world, and has a passion for spending time in the mountains. Martine is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.Prior to joining Mercer, Martine spent 25 years with a leading HR consulting firm in the US and Canada. During this time she served in leadership positions overseeing businesses in North America and Asia, as well being a Director on the Board for Towers Perrin. Martine has a bachelor's degree in actuarial science from Laval University.

Adolf Koppensteiner is a COO/Mng Dir:Ops & Technical at Mercer. He has worked as Manager:Rosenthal at Mercer and Managing Director:Stendal at Mercer. Adolf works or has worked as Managing Director:Central Europe at KVAERNER ASA.

Experienced Chief Financial Officer with a demonstrated history of growth and transformation. Focus on building strong leadership, developing and executing a strategic vision, rigorous business operations, profitable growth and mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Lived and worked in US, London, Switzerland.

Ben Wall is a CFO Strategy & Strategic Planning at Mercer and is based in New York. He has worked as Director Of Financial Planning & Analysis - UPG at Thomson Reuters, Senior Director of Investor Relations at Thomson Reuters, and Head of Finance - Desktop & Risk Development at Thomson Reuters. Ben attended University of Nottingham between 2001 and 2005.

In 2003 I was named European Investment Consultant of the Year by Global Money Management, even though I am neither European nor an investment consultant!

Brad Young is a Managing Director and Head of Global Advisory at PAVILION ALTERNATIVES GROUP and Partner, Global co-CIO, Private Markets - Alternatives at Mercer and is based in Richmond, Virginia. He has worked as Co-CEO and Head of Investments at Altius Associates, Partner at Altius Associates, and Director at MIT. Brad studied at Hampden-Sydney College.

Chris Curry is a Principal, COO - Alternatives at Mercer; Vice President, Corporate Initiatives at Harrow Partners Ltd; and Chief Operating Officer at PAVILION ALTERNATIVES GROUP and is based in Phoenix, Arizona Area. He has worked as Senior at EY and Vice President at Goodwin College. Christopher attended University of Virginia, ACLU, and University of Oklahoma.

Claus P Friis is a Partner, Chief Financial Officer - Corporate Finance at Mercer and is based in Greater New York City Area. He has worked as Director of the Board at HYSTER-YALE MATERIALS HANDLING, INC.; Manager Finance - Business Credit at Ge Capital; and Pricing Leader - Corporate Lending at Ge Capital. Claus attended Birkerød Gymnasium between 1990 and 1993, Tyler Junior College between 1994 and 1996, and Toftevangsskolen until 1989.

Dave McMillan is a Vice President at Mercer Investment Management Inc, Global Director:Hedge Funds at Mercer, and Chief Investment Officer - Hedge Funds at Mercer. He works or has worked as Director:Hedge Funds at Hammond & Associates. Dave attended Fisher College of Business.

Gail Evans is a senior executive technology leader with multi-industry and international experience specializing in product and application development, technology strategy and transformation, for Fortune 500 companies with demonstrated success.

In her current position, Gail Evans is a member of the Executive Leadership team responsible for leading technology innovation, strategy and transformation, including Big Data/AI, PaaS, Cognitive Computing and Cloud solutions.

Prior to joining Mercer. Gail lead Microsoft's Customer Knowledge Platform, responsible for building an innovative knowledge fabric, ML, customer master and solutions. She also led Microsoft Studios’ Services team.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Gail lead HP.com team and the most ambitious website redesign project in the history of HP. She and her team delivered new tech stack and agile.

Gail was the Global Consumer and Small Business Banking eCommerce Application/Development executive, she managed the No. 1 consumer online banking development team - more than 25 million active visitors.

Gail began her career at Eastman Kodak Company where she was actively involved with Eastman Kodak Company’s digital transformation.

As General Manager, EasyShare Software, she led the international desktop/home product business strategy and technology platform.

Gail’s role as CTO of Kodak.com was expanded to include a $70 million worldwide eBusiness portfolio for B2B &B2C.

Gail earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Nazareth College, and a MBA from the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester.

Of her professional achievements, Gail is most proud of her honorary doctorate degree in humane letters, her nomination for the 2007 Athena Award and receiving the 2007 Jane Lanphear award for her commitment to the community and women growth.

Specialties: Product Management, Cloud and Big Data technologies, architecture, Services, and technical leadership. An inspirational leader.