Barnett Waddingham hires Mercer’s Ali Tayyebi as partner

5 March 2021

A renowned actuarial specialist, Ali Tayyebi has joined Barnett Waddingham as Partner to further enhance the team advising the firm’s growing number of large pension scheme clients.

Ali Tayyebi will be advising defined benefit (DB) schemes across the UK, with a particular focus on large schemes. Ali brings extensive knowledge and experience giving actuarial advice to complex clients. Ali has been scheme actuary to a number of large, high profile clients – including a significant number of FTSE100 sponsored pension schemes. In this role he supported trustees in working with sponsors to design and implement journey plans, using various types of contingent funding arrangements and trigger based de-risking. He has also supported complex pension scheme restructuring involving, for example, partial wind-ups, bulk transfers and liability management exercises, and has always been an early adopter of innovative de-risking strategies.

During his 30 year career with Mercer, Ali has also held a number of management and professional leadership responsibilities including Leader of the Northern Region offices for the retirement business, Head of DB risk Consulting and Chief Actuary.

Barnett Waddingham provide the full range of actuarial services to trustees of DB pension schemes working with a wide range of clients in both the private and public sectors – this includes almost 25% of FTSE100 and near 10% of FTSE350 companies.

Source: Barnett Waddingham