Michael Barbour joins Mercer’s Houston office as Partner in its Health and Benefits Practice

Published on Wednesday, 01 September 2010 09:28 Written by TradersHuddle Staff

HOUSTON-( Business Wire )-

Mercer announced today that Michael Barbour has joined Mercer’s Houston office as Partner for its Health and Benefits consulting business, a new position. Mr. Barbour will assist large Houston-area employers with strategy development, design and management of employee rewards program with a focus on benefit programs.

Michael Barbour brings more than 25 years of experience in Human Resources (HR) consulting and overall client relationship management. Areas of focus and knowledge include workforce planning/optimization, HR service delivery and risk and funding analysis for HR programs. He has particular experience in the oil & gas industry, as well as with health care providers and related intermediaries. He joins Mercer’s Houston office from Towers Watson, where he spent more than twenty years in various roles, including 13 years as the leader of the Houston office H&W consulting practice. Mr. Barbour began his career with Prudential Group Insurance, where he held multiple positions such as Group Manager for one of the firm’s sales regional offices.

“Michael is a welcome addition to Mercer’s Houston team,” said Mark Chronister, Mercer’s Health & Benefits Consulting Practice Leader for the Southwest Market. “His long and distinguished career in helping organizations better manage their health benefit programs and in building successful client relationships make him a true asset to our Health and Benefits consulting practice.”

Mr. Barbour earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance and Management from Texas A&M University. He also holds the designation of Certified Employee Benefits Specialist from the International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

About Mercer

Mercer is a leading global provider of consulting, outsourcing, and investment services. Mercer works with clients to solve their most complex benefit and human capital issues, designing and helping manage health, retirement, and other benefits. It is a leader in benefits outsourcing. Mercer’s investment services include investment consulting and multi-manager investment management. Mercer’s 18,000 employees are based in more than 40 countries. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., which lists its stock (ticker symbol: MMC) on the New York, Chicago, and London stock exchanges. For more information, visit www.mercer.com.

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