Barnett Waddingham and RSM add experts to consulting teams
Barnett Waddingham and RSM have bolstered their consulting teams with Liam Mayne and Mark Wood respectively. Mayne joins from Aon Hewitt, where he served as a Principal Consultant, while Wood makes the move from PwC, where he worked for nearly 13 years.
After obtaining his Master of Mathematics from the University of Cambridge, Liam Mayne started his career with Aon Hewitt in the summer of 2005. He spent more than ten years with the HR consultancy firm, part of professional services giant Aon. Throughout his spell he advised companies on a wide range of pension issues, primarily related to their legacy defined benefit pension plans. He also advised clients – which included global banks, multi-national and UK-based firms – on matters related to M&A activity, risk reduction, scheme funding negotiations, benefit design changes and accounting disclosures. In his last role Mayne served as a Principal Consultant and was, since December last year, Head of Aon Hewitt's London Corporate Team (around 30 team members).
Last month Mayne decided to embark on a new adventure, joining Barnett Waddingham, with nearly 700 staff across seven locations around the UK one of the largest independent providers of actuarial, administration and consultancy services. “I am joining Barnett Waddingham at an exciting time of growth for the firm. I hope to combine my experience at Aon Hewitt with the fantastic and award-winning work the firm has done to date to bring more companies the best of what Barnett Waddingham has to offer. I look forward to helping the firm continue its growth plan by supporting companies with the ever-increasing challenge of managing their pension issues, whatever they may be,” comments Mayne.
Mayne has joined Barnett Waddingham’s Corporate Consulting practice, which consist of around 65 corporate pension specialists, and will work with companies of all sizes to support them with their pension issues. Nick Griggs, head of Corporate Consulting at Barnett Waddingham, says, about the latest addition to the firm’s ranks, “We are thrilled to have Liam join our growing team. He brings a wealth of experience of advising large companies on their DB pensions issues and will be focusing on our expanding client base in this area.”
Mark Wood joins RSM from PwC where he worked as a Senior Manager within the risk assurance team for nearly 13 years. He previously worked at Deloitte for five years specialising in the public and financial services sectors. Wood is a qualified accountant, and he has also worked within the NHS, including high profile engagements, such as the Keogh review and the capability and capacity assessments of Clinical Commissioning Groups for NHS England.
In his new role, Wood will enhance the Governance and Risk Consulting Service Group at RSM and will focus on strengthening the service offering to support more clients in the North. He will also provide governance and risk advice to a large portfolio of clients. Wood brings with him extensive experience in risk assurance, risk management and governance, including internal audit, financial due diligence and programme assurance, to the role, with a focus on the health, charities, central government, education and social housing sectors, as well as the financial services sector.
Matthew Humphrey, RSM Partner and Head of Governance and Risk Consulting Service Group in the UK, says that Wood will be “a real asset to the team”, adding that he is excited to have him on board. “Our consulting team is one of the fastest growing practices in the UK, so Mark joins us at an exciting time. He brings an extensive range of governance and risk management experience that will strengthen our offering and help our growing portfolio of clients across the North.”
Wood says he is delighted to join RSM, and further states “I’m looking forward to drawing on this experience and supporting RSM in providing a client focussed consulting and advisory service to a variety of clients in these challenging and uncertain times.”
