Mercer announced today the growth of its North America Private Equity
M&A team with the addition of two experienced consultants in its Chicago
office.
Jennifer Jakubowski has re-joined the Mercer M&A team in Chicago
as Principal with a focus on Midwest-based private equity clients. In
this role, Ms. Jakubowski brings a strong background in defined benefit
pensions and retirement programs. Her experience includes assisting
private equity and corporate clients with mergers, acquisitions and
spin-offs, analyzing plan design scenarios and projections under
different economic and design scenarios for both small and large
clients, and nondiscrimination testing for medium to large size clients.
Ms. Jakubowski joins Mercer from Bridgewater Associates where she served
as Program Manager, Retirement Programs. Prior to that, she was part of
Mercer’s Retirement business for 13 years. Ms. Jakubowski holds a
Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science from the University of Iowa.
Ken Weinberger has also re-joined Mercer as Principal in the
North America Private Equity M&A practice. Mr. Weinberger is an M&A
consultant and ERISA attorney who now leads benefits and HR due
diligence efforts for private equity clients in the Midwest. In this
role he provides a wide range of merger and acquisition services
including due diligence, negotiation support, financial analysis, and
program implementation. His experience includes both domestic and
multinational transactions and includes extensive experience with
collectively bargained groups in the manufacturing sector.
Prior to re-joining Mercer, Mr. Weinberger was a Senior Vice President
with Aon Hewitt where he led the Chicago M&A practice and held numerous
other positions including Chicago Business Development Leader. His
initial career at Mercer included serving as an ERISA attorney in the
Chicago Legal Practice and working with clients on their M&A needs. Mr.
Weinberger has a Bachelor degree in Economics from the University of
Illinois and a law degree from the DePaul University College of Law.
Both Ms. Jakubowski and Mr. Weinberger report to Jeff Cox, Senior
Partner and North America Private Equity M&A Leader. “I am happy to
welcome Jennifer and Ken back to Mercer,” said Mr. Cox, “Each brings a
depth of experience and knowledge that will immediately enhance our
insights and service levels to our private equity clients as they try to
navigate today’s increasingly competitive and complex deal environment.”
About Mercer
Mercer is a global leader in talent, health, retirement and investments.
Mercer helps clients around the world advance the health, wealth and
performance of their most vital asset – their people. Mercer’s 20,000
employees are based in more than 43 countries and the firm operates in
over 130 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 55,000 employees worldwide and
annual revenue exceeding $12 billion, Marsh & McLennan Companies is also
the parent company of Marsh,
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