Mercer Oliver Wyman appoints Paul Mee director

Based in the London office, Paul will be responsible for business development and project implementation in Strategic IT across all sectors of the financial services industry with a particular emphasis on Retail and Business Banking.

In his new role, Paul will focus on leveraging Mercer Oliver Wyman's deep financial services expertise to help clients define and execute IT strategy. The firm's fast-growing Global Strategic IT practice, led by Mark Rodrigues, works with the top hundred financial institutions to optimise IT spend and operational management. The firm has helped clients in the areas of IT Portfolio Valuation and Management, Complexity Reduction, Business-IT Organisational Alignment, Sourcing Strategy, as well as core Risk Management IT capabilities.

"The development of a robust Strategic IT offering across all major geographies and financial services sectors is a primary goal for Mercer Oliver Wyman," said John Drzik, President of Mercer Oliver Wyman. "Bringing on board talented individuals like Paul who have the combination of hands-on IT experience in the financial services industry, as well as an IT consulting background, is integral to our success in building out the practice."

Paul brings over 10 years of experience as a Strategic IT consultant and a strong track record of success in the financial services sector. Prior to joining Mercer Oliver Wyman, Paul was a Principal in the Financial Services IT Group at Booz Allen Hamilton. He also worked for AMS Management Systems before joining Booz Allen. Prior to his consulting roles, Paul worked for the 24-hour banking organisation Firstdirect, initially as the Systems Development Manager directing all customer-centric IT developments and then as the Business Development Manager in the Commercial Department, encompassing Marketing and Customer Relationship Management.