William Simon O’Regan

Qualifications: BusSci (Hons), fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries (UK) and fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (Australia)
Committee Responsibilities: Member of the remuneration and nominations committees

Mr O’Regan is Director and Senior Partner at Mercer, acting as a senior adviser on business and market issues. Previously he was President, North America region for Mercer, covering the US and Canada. Prior to this role, he led the EuroPac region for Mercer, covering Europe and Pacific (Australia and New Zealand).

Mr O’Regan’s global career has covered a wide range of financial services areas, including life and health insurance, pensions and investments. He was educated in South Africa and spent eight years working for a number of life insurance companies in Ireland, Zimbabwe and the UK. Mr O’Regan then joined Mercer in London in 1988 and transferred to Melbourne, Australia in 1989. He was head of the Melbourne office from 1993 to 1996.

In 1996 he left Mercer to join Vanguard, helping to establish their funds management business in Australia. Mr O’Regan returned to Mercer in 1999, leading Mercer in Australia from 2000 to 2004, a period during which the Australian pensions market changed its character completely and Mercer was able to establish a market-leading position in bundled and packaged pension provision, including bundled investments.

From 2005 to 2009, Mr O’Regan was based in London, UK as Chief Executive Officer of Mercer UK and Mercer’s Europe region head. He led Mercer’s global retirement business from 2009 to 2012, and led the EuroPac region from 2012 to June 2015. In July 2015, Mr O’Regan was appointed to his current role.

Mr O’Regan is a fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (UK).