Investment - Articles - Towers Watson appoints two industry veterans

 Ed Francis, EMEA head of Investment at Towers Watson, said: "We are delighted that Ed and Tim have joined us at this exciting stage in the development of this part of our business. As investment organisations - such as sovereign funds, family offices and foundations – aim to optimise their businesses to make the most of the competitive and low-return environment, they are increasingly seeking our advice about organisational structure and change management, as well as calling on the full range of our investment services. Demand from these types of investors is growing across EMEA, but most notably in the Middle East."

 Tim Mitchell has over 35 years of industry experience and joins having spent the last 13 years as part of the leadership team at the NZ$30 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund, most recently as a senior advisor for strategic projects and general manager of corporate strategy. Prior to this he was a principal advisor for Crown financial policy to the New Zealand Treasury and before that was Chief Investment Officer for Colonial First State in New Zealand.

 Ed Wilson has almost 25 years of industry experience and joins from PwC where, as a Director, he delivered projects for global organisations and governments in the areas of investment consulting; reward and executive pensions; employee savings and HR analytics. In addition, he has significant pensions liability management experience including scheme re-design, funding and de-risking. Prior to this he was Head of Investment Research at HSBC Actuaries and Consultants where he qualified as an Actuary.