Robert A. Yungk to Join Mercer Human Resource Consulting as President and Global Head of Mercer Health & Benefits

Robert A. Yungk to Join Mercer Human Resource Consulting as President and Global Head of Mercer Health & Benefits

February 06, 2007

    SINGAPORE, Feb. 6 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Robert A.
Yungk, 50, is to join Mercer Human Resource Consulting as
President and Global Head of Mercer Health & Benefits,
it was announced today by M. Michele Burns, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Mercer Human Resource
Consulting.  Mr. Yungk will take up his assignment at the
end of February.  He succeeds Bernard Morency who retired
in 2006 after more than 30 years of service with Mercer.

    "Bob has 27 years of healthcare management
experience with some of the largest payor and hospital
organizations," said Ms. Burns. "His broad and
deep understanding of the healthcare industry provides him
with a sound foundation for understanding the challenges
our clients face around the world in effectively managing
their employee health and benefits programs. We intend to
build upon our leading market share position as we address
problems of rising healthcare costs, an aging workforce,
privatization of health care in many industrialized
countries and sweeping changes in healthcare delivery
around the world."  

    Mr. Yungk joins Mercer from Tenet Healthcare
Corporation where he has served as the Senior Vice
President, Managed Care, since 2003. In addition, he is the
Chairman/President of TCI, Inc., one of the largest
independent Medicare Advantage Health Plans in the country.
He also serves as a board member of Peoples Health Network.

    At Tenant, Mr. Yungk has been accountable for the
performance of $4.5 billion in managed care revenue. His
operational responsibilities have included strategy and
development, national accounts, managed care operations,
managed care economics and payor Centers of Excellence.  

    Prior to joining Tenet, Mr. Yungk served as President,
Cigna Healthcare of Georgia/Alabama from 2001 to 2003.  He
was Executive Vice President of Blue Cross Blue Shield of
Georgia, a WellPoint subsidiary from 1997 to 2001.
Previously, for six years, he was with UHC, serving as
Chief Operations Officer of United Healthcare South, a UHC
subsidiary, and Corporate Vice President of Sales.  In
addition, he spent the first 11 years of his career with
Lincoln National HealthPlans in general management and as
Western Division Vice President of Sales.

    Mr. Yungk holds a Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration from Florida Atlantic University, 1979. He
has also served on many healthcare boards.  He served in
the Strategic Air Command, United States Air Force, 1976.

    About Mercer Human Resource Consulting

    Mercer Human Resource Consulting is a global leader for
HR and related financial advice and services, with more than
15,000 employees serving clients in more than 180 cities and
40 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, and London stock exchanges. For more
information, visit http://mercerHR.com .


    For more information, please contact:

     Charles G. Salmans
     Tel:   [phone]
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