Mercer Introduces Retirement Business Leader for Pacific Southwest

Based in Los Angeles, Talib will be responsible for the performance of the firm’s retirement-related business within the geographic market and will serve as a strategic retirement consultant to some of Mercer’s largest clients , the firm announced . As part of his role, Talib will serve on Mercer’s US Retirement Operating Committee and the Pacific Southwest leadership team.

According to the announcement, p rior to joining Mercer, Talib served as principal in the Los Angeles office of Towers Perrin. He began his consulting career at Hewitt Associates in Toronto.

Talib is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (SOA), a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, a Fellow of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries, an Enrolled Actuary under ERISA, a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries and a Chartered Financial Analyst. He is a member of the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute and of the Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts.

Talibis also vice-chairperson of the SOA’s Education and Examination Committee and a past member of the University of Waterloo Actuarial Science Advisory Board. He earned a Bachelor of Mathematics degree in actuarial science and statistics from the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada).