Mercer has appointed Le Roy van Zyl as senior consultant to its financial strategy group. Based in London, van Zyl will advise pension fund trustees and corporates on pension risk management and asset strategy, Mercer said in a statement.

He joins from Towers Watsons where he was a senior corporate investment consultant. His career also includes various investment-related roles at Mercer (Netherlands), Alexander Forbes and Towers Perrin.

Mercer, which is part of Marsh & McLennan Companies, provides consulting, outsourcing and investment services. The firm has about 18,000 employees in more than 40 countries.