Mercer, a global leader in human resource consulting and related services, announced today that Emily Boynton has joined Mercer's M&A Consulting Services (www.mercer.com/ma) business as Senior M&A Consultant and will be based in its New York office. In this role Ms. Boynton will lead key M&A consulting client projects and business development opportunities in the New York Metro market. Ms. Boynton will report to Chuck Moritt, Senior Partner, New York Metro Market Leader for Mercer's M&A Consulting Services.

"We are very pleased to welcome Emily to Mercer," said Bob Braddick, Senior Partner, Americas Business Leader for Mercer's M&A Consulting Services. "Her depth of experience and success as both a consultant and HR practitioner will be a true asset as we look to strengthen and grow our client relationships in the strategically important New York area market."

Prior to joining Mercer, Ms. Boynton served as Director, Global HR M&A for AECOM, where she led the HR aspects of due diligence and transition activities for both domestic and international transactions. Before her time at AECOM, she served as Senior HR Consultant in the Global Corporate Restructuring Group of Hewitt Associates (now Aon Hewitt). In this role she provided strategic subject-matter expertise and project management leadership for a wide variety of mergers and acquisitions on behalf of her clients. She began her career in the Labor and Employment Groups of Pitney Hardin LLP (now Day Pitney LLP) and Reed Smith Shaw and McClay.

Emily Boynton received a JD degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a BA degree in history from Smith College. A photo of Ms. Boynton is available upon request.

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Mercer is a global leader in human resource consulting and related services. The firm works with clients to solve their most complex human capital issues by designing and helping manage health, retirement and other benefits. Mercer's 20,000 employees are based in more than 40 countries. Mercer is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC), a global team of professional services companies offering clients advice and solutions in the areas of risk, strategy and human capital. With 52,000 employees worldwide and annual revenue exceeding $10 billion, Marsh & McLennan Companies is also the parent company of Marsh, a global leader in insurance broking and risk management; Guy Carpenter, a global leader in providing risk and reinsurance intermediary services; and Oliver Wyman, a global leader in management consulting. For more information, visit www.mercer.com. Follow Mercer on Twitter @MercerInsights.

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