Willis Towers Watson, a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, today announced two leadership appointments for its Human Capital and Benefits business segment, promoting Mike Archer to lead its North American Retirement business and co-lead its global Retirement business, and Eric McMurray to lead its North American Health and Benefits (H&B) business and co-lead its global H&B business. Archer and McMurray will report to Julie Gebauer, global head of Human Capital and Benefits.
Archer, based in Philadelphia, will lead a business that holds a top position helping organizations address the full range of retirement issues. A renowned expert on retirement solutions with 40 years of retirement advisory experience, Archer is well placed to continue the business’s growth in actuarial market share, pension de-risking, administration and financial wellbeing solutions. Prior to the appointment, he headed the Growth Leadership team for Retirement in North America. He will succeed Bill Gulliver, who will be retiring.
McMurray, based in Atlanta, has been leading the company’s H&B Brokerage and Advisory business and previously held a number of other leadership positions, including leading the Southeast region and Benefits Delivery and Administration sales. He has 25 years of experience as a health care consultant and is a leader in benefit design, financing and broking, and advising clients across the range of market segments. McMurray succeeds John Bremen, recently named global head of Thought Leadership and Innovation for Human Capital and Benefits.
“Retirement and health care benefits are the building blocks of wellbeing and a point of concern and differentiation for organizations and employees,” said Gebauer. “I’m thrilled that Mike and Eric will bring their decades of success, imagination, expertise and client insight to these critical business roles.”
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