Mercer’s PRI business provides information, insight, decision-support, and advisory services globally on a broad array of human capital issues, including executive compensation, corporate performance measurement, broad-based rewards, workforce strategies, and sales effectiveness.
“We are very happy to welcome Robin back to Mercer,” says Brian Storms, global CEO of Mercer Human Resource Consulting. “She demonstrated strong and dynamic leadership skills in her earlier work at SCA and here at Mercer. Her focus will be on growing our PRI business around the world.”
Ms. Ferracone was chairman and co-founder of SCA Consulting, a premier performance and executive compensation consulting firm that was acquired by Mercer in October 2001. Later, she joined Mercer’s parent company, Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), and was chairman of its US West Region. She rejoins Mercer from MMC.
In a career that has spanned more than 25 years, Ms. Ferracone has focused on developing high-impact decision-making and performance measurement systems, and incorporating those systems into effective compensation strategies and programs. Ms. Ferracone has authored numerous articles, been quoted often in national publications, and spoken at dozens of industry and business conferences. She testified before a Congressional subcommittee in Washington regarding the salary of the President of the United States.
In 2003, Ms. Ferracone received the WorldatWork Distinguished Service Award. She is a member of the Duke University Board of Trustees, Harvey Mudd College Board of Trustees, and World Presidents’ Organization.
Ms. Ferracone received an MBA from the Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar. She received a BA summa cum laude in Management Science and Economics from Duke University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Mercer Human Resource Consulting is the global leader for trusted HR and related financial advice, products, and services, with more than 14,000 employees serving clients in 145 cities and 41 countries and territories worldwide. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., which lists its stock (ticker symbol: MMC) on the New York, Chicago, Pacific, and London stock exchanges.