The appointment complements recent efforts by the firm to bulk up in the Asian region and raise the profile of its wealth management practice.

In early January 2014, Mercer named former Towers Watson London executive Adeline Tan as the new investment advisory head for its Hong Kong office. In late 2013, the company named Lisa Sun as managing director and market leader for ASEAN and Cara Williams as head of wealth management in Asia. 

Mercer also introduced the Mercer Advisor Portal in 2013, which wealth managers, private client managers, private banks and financial advisors can access to improve the performance of their clients' assets.