Superannuation consulting firm Mercer has appointed Steven Blackie as the new head of investments for UK.
Blackie will be based in Mercer’s Edinburgh office and will be responsible to grow the company’s investments business in the UK.
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"He will place particular emphasis on developing Mercer’s advisory and delegated services, as well as growing innovative offerings for the wealth management and insurance market segments," Mercer said in a press statement.
Blackie joined Mercer in 2009 as leader of the consultancy’s Edinburgh investment team. Since then he held various client leadership roles covering, respectively, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the North of England.
He was most recently commercial director for Mercer’s UK Investments business. Prior to joining Mercer, he was commercial director for Aon Hewitt’s consultancy business in Scotland.
Blackie also spent a number of years with Edinburgh Fund Managers and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers.
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By GlobalDataMercer’s UK CEO Fiona Dunsire said: "Bringing with him almost 25 years’ experience in the industry, Steven will provide the strong leadership required to pursue a growth-oriented and expansive strategy. Steven was selected for the role following an internal and external assessment process, and I am looking forward to his contribution to the Mercer UK leadership team."
