Mike is a Partner and located in Mercer Shanghai, China office.
He is the lead Asia international consultant for the Talent business; which provides end-to-end consulting to clients in the areas of Leadership and Organization Performance, Rewards, Mobility and Communication.
In his new role, Mike is responsible for leading the Asia Talent international consulting capabilities to serve global and multinational clients in selling, coordinating and delivering multi-country and multi-segment projects. In that capacity, he works closely with Talent consultants as well as the international consulting group (ICG) in Retirement, Health and Mergers & Acquisitions across Mercer worldwide.
Mike joined Mercer in March 2010 after 20 years in HR consulting and corporate HR. He worked in Mercer's head office in New York City for two and a half years where he worked for the Global Human Capital business and has since relocated to Mercer Shanghai, China office in September 2012.
Prior to joining Mercer, Mike was the Head Global Reward and Head LATAM HR for Syngenta based in Switzerland and Brazil. His other corporate HR experience spans Alcoa and Cisco Systems in various generalist and specialist roles. Mike also worked for Buck Consultants and ORC Worldwide in several regional market and client facing roles.
A native of New York City, Mike has lived and worked in eight countries and is fluent in Japanese. He has authored numerous articles and spoken extensively on global HR topics. He is also a member of WorldatWork and on the Board of Worldwide ERC®. Mike is a co-author of the recently released report Talent Mobility Good Practices - Collaboration at the Core of Driving Economic Growth which was produced in collaboration with the World Economic Forum.
Mike received his BA degree from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania USA and Asian Studies certificate from Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka, Japan. He has also completed a HR certificate at the Institute of Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Sharing session in HR Magazine Conference
- 24 January 2013: Aligning leadership, rewards and mobility for the right talent in the right role at the right time at the right cost