Tess is a Partner who leads Mercer’s UK Wealth Strategy, sitting on the UK Wealth Leadership Team. Alongside her leadership role, she provides strategic advice to pension plan trustees and employers, with a focus on investments. Tess joined Mercer in 2011 having previously worked at HSBC and WTW (then Watson Wyatt).
Tess represents Mercer as Chair of the Association of Consulting Actuaries DC Pensions Committee and sits on its Climate Risk Group. Tess chaired the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries’ working party on retirement savings and is assistant examiner on the Actuarial Risk exam and a mentor for the Cherie Blair Foundation.
Outside work, Tess is a Trustee for GM4Women2028, a charity focused on equality and diversity in the North West of England, and she is a mentor for the Cherie Blair Foundation and Primary Futures.
In 2021, Tess was shortlisted for the Professional Pensions Woman of the Year, having won Social Media Personality of the Year in 2020.