There has been a key leadership change at Mercer.
The company announced today that its Pacific zone leader and Australia chief executive, Ben Walsh, had decided to leave the company and would be replaced in the interim by Jo-Anne Bloch.
It said that Bloch wold assume the role of interim Pacific zone leader and Australian chief executive from that date.
Confirming the changes, Mercer president, international, David Anderson paid tribute to Walsh who had been the Australia chief executive for the past five years.
He said that Bloch, as head of industry and public sector superannuation would step into the role as interim Pacific zone leader from 30 April.
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