Bert Defever

Principal, Multinational Client Group at International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

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International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

Mr. Defever is a principal in Mercer’s International Consulting Group based in Chicago. As a senior international consultant with more than 15 years of experience, he helps multinational employers with strategic direction regarding total rewards and benefits plans for their operations worldwide. Mr. Defever’s areas of expertise include consulting on global benefits programs, benefits and total rewards strategies and global governance, plan design and financing methods, due diligence for international mergers and acquisitions, and project management for multicountry projects including global accounting consolidation and insurance renewals. Prior to joining Mercer, he was a vice president at Willis Towers Watson’s Global Consulting and Services practice and a director at Buck Consultants’ global consulting practice, where he combined his global consulting role with that of office manager and market leader for Buck’s operations in Belgium. Mr. Defever holds master’s degrees in business engineering and actuarial sciences from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) and is a member of the Institute of Actuaries in Belgium (IABE).

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