Bruce Cadenhead

Bruce Cadenhead is Mercer's Chief Actuary for the US Retirement, Risk and Finance business. In this capacity he chairs Mercer's Actuarial Resource Network, which provides guidance and interpretation to consultants within the firm on professional standards and actuarial issues and policies. He is a frequent speaker at national actuarial meetings.

In his 25 years at Mercer, Bruce has had extensive experience consulting to employers on topics such as retirement plan design, forecasting, financial strategies, the structure and characteristics of pension obligations and multiemployer plans. He is also one of the main architects of Mercer's forecasting and asset liability modeling software. He is an expert on recent changes in pension funding and accounting rules and has assisted numerous clients in projecting the effect of these changes.

Bruce was elected Phi Beta Kappa at Harvard University, where he earned a B.A. in applied mathematics with honors. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, a Fellow of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries and an Enrolled Actuary. He is currently a member of the American Academy of Actuaries' Pension Committee.