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Mercer operates 44 global offices with nearly 5,000 professionals

Raylan Lambert · Raelan Lambert, John Jackson, and Erik Sebusch – Inside Mercer Consulting (EP.345) · Oct 23, 2023 · at 7:54

Raelan Lambert, Global Head of Alternatives at Mercer, details the firm's global operational scale and institutional client base.

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“We have around 44 offices globally. It's almost 5000 professionals. We've got 2500 clients that we provide advice to in one shape or form, and over 1800 that seek our help either on a bespoke basis, part of a total portfolio, traditional or alt assets for implementation, so it's quite a vast network that we have.”

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The claim, plainly

Mercer operates around 44 offices globally, employs nearly 5,000 professionals, advises 2,500 clients, and assists over 1,800 clients with portfolio implementation across traditional and alternative assets.

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Assessment

The specific breakdown cited by then-Global Alternatives Leader at Mercer, Raelan Lambert—attributing around 44 offices, nearly 5,000 professionals, 2,500 advisory clients, and over 1,800 implementation clients to Mercer's relevant investment/institutional practice—cannot be settled with public corporate disclosures. Official filings from parent company Marsh McLennan (Form 10-K) report aggregate metrics for Mercer as a whole (approximately 24,500 colleagues across 48 countries in 2023) or Mercer Investments generally (approximately 2,000 investment professionals), but do not disclose granular client breakdown numbers corresponding to 2,500 advisory and 1,800 implementation clients. Because these internal segment metrics are proprietary and absent from public filings, the claim cannot be independently confirmed or refuted.

Marsh McLennan Form 10-K (FY 2023) reported Mercer employing approximately 24,500 colleagues across 48 countries, rather than ~5,000 professionals.
Mercer's global investment practice disclosed approximately 2,000 investment professionals in May 2023 corporate announcements, while Mercer Alternatives was cited at 190 to 280 professionals across 21 to 40 offices.
Official corporate filings and disclosures do not break out institutional client counts matching 2,500 advisory and over 1,800 implementation clients.

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[1] sec.gov [2] sec.gov [3] wikipedia.org [4] iagora.com [5] marsh.com [6] pionline.com [7] seca.ch [8] myeaglewealth.com

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