Mercer announces Strategic Partnership with Advisory K in Zimbabwe

Global Human Resources consultancy ties up with leading local consulting firm to bring leading HR solutions to the local market PRETORIA, South Africa, February 22, 2018/ -- Mercer (www.Mercer.com), a global consulting leader in advancing health, wealth and career, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC) (www.MMC.com), has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Advisory K (www.AdvisoryK.co.zw), a Zimbabwe based Consulting firm, to bring leading talent management, consulting, data driven solutions and insights to the local market. Clients will have access to a range of best practice Mercer solutions, driven by the global thought leadership benefiting current and prospective new Mercer and Advisory K clients in Zimbabwe. Peter Botha, CEO of Mercer in Africa, said: “We are honoured to partner with such a leading and reputable player in the local market, we are excited about the broad knowledge this partnership will bring to help Zimbabwean organizations thrive in HR management and workforce performance.” Advisory K specialises in optimizing organizations strategies through its six practices, which include organisation transformation, people and HR solutions, research and analytics. The firm is viewed as a pioneer for culture transformation in organisations that embrace performance as part of their culture. Ethel Kuuya, Managing Director of Advisory K adds: “As a recognised representative of Mercer in Zimbabwe, we are committed to strengthening and expanding the provision of leading organisation solutions to all sectors in Zimbabwe. This partnership is timely as organisations at large are in a transformational spirit and by joining forces with Mercer we are now able to enhance bespoke change solutions for our valued clients.” Mercer (www.Mercer.com) delivers advice and technology-driven solutions that help organizations meet the health, wealth and career needs of a changing workforce. Mercer’s more than 22,000 employees are based in 44 countries and the firm operates in over 130 countries. Mercer is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC) (www.MMC.com), the leading global professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people. With nearly 65,000 colleagues and annual revenue over $14 billion, Marsh & McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment. Marsh & McLennan Companies is also the parent company of Marsh, (http://usa.Marsh.com) which advises individual and commercial clients of all sizes on insurance broking and innovative risk management solutions; Guy Carpenter (https://goo.gl/8h8iet), which develops advanced risk, reinsurance and capital strategies that help clients grow profitably and pursue emerging opportunities; and Oliver Wyman (www.OliverWyman.com),  which serves as a critical strategic, economic and brand advisor to private sector and governmental clients. For more information, visit  www.Mercer.com. Follow Mercer on Twitter @Mercer(www.Twitter.com/mercer). About Advisory K Advisory K (www.AdvisoryK.co.zw) is a business advisory firm that helps their clients through five areas of deep skills: Analytics, Research, Strategy, Transformation and People. As a pioneer in both analytics and strategy implementation support in this market they have managed to develop and roll out projects to help clients to take their business to the next level.