Nov. 9, 2023 – Aptia, the recently formed company created by the purchase of the U.S. health and benefits administration and U.K. pension administration businesses of Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan and set to launch in January 2024, continues to assemble its superior executive team with the appointment of Imran Ali as Group Chief Information Officer.
“Aptia is focused on driving transformation, and adding Imran to the team will prove invaluable in this journey,” said Bala Viswanathan, Aptia’s CEO. “His experience and strong track record of spearheading growth across multiple industries are crucial for our goals, and we are delighted to have him onboard.”
Most recently serving as Group Chief Technology and Information Security Officer with the Compass Group, a market leader in food catering and support services in over 40 countries, Ali is an expert in large-scale digital transformation with more than 30 years of experience in senior global roles, including American Express and AXA.
Ali will lead the efforts to revolutionize Aptia’s technological offering for both health and benefits and pension administration clients across the globe.
“Joining Aptia is an exciting opportunity for me to help us on our growth journey and spur the tech transformation in administration,” said Ali. “The unmatched technical expertise of our people and our continual investment in new technology will combine to cut through complexity and provide better outcomes for everyone.”
Ali continued: “We are inheriting a brilliant industry domain experienced technology team of more than 350 people from Mercer. We are actively looking to expand the team and are currently recruiting across the U.K., U.S., India, and Portugal to help build the capacity to support our accelerated technology transformation journey ahead. We are also looking to leverage IT partners to help accelerate the journey.”
After acquiring Mercer’s U.K. pensions and U.S. health and benefits administration businesses earlier this year in a deal funded by global private equity house Bain Capital, Aptia is primed to manage benefits for more than six million people across 1,100 companies starting in 2024.
The company will be led by a highly respected and experienced management team that includes Viswanathan as CEO and Dominic Burke as chairman, both of whom have worked at both Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) and Marsh McLennan and have a proven track record of building businesses that deliver.
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