Jeff Baker

Jeff has worked in the retirement consulting field since 1998, with prior experience as a principal at Mercer where he specialized in qualified and non-qualified defined benefit plans and AON. He has extensive experience in the following areas:

• Preparing actuarial valuations for corporate defined benefit and retiree medical plans
• Developing cost projections to evaluate future business conditions and their impact on benefit programs
• Assisting plan sponsors with plan design strategies and cost implications
• Providing financial accounting under US and IFRS standards for qualified, retiree medical, and non-qualified executive pension plans
• Conducting due diligence for mergers & acquisitions
• Analyzing and implementing pension de-risking projects, including plan termination, investment strategies, annuity purchases, and lump sum windows