The Pan European Pensions and Asset Pooling Summit 2007

Gavin Bullock

Gavin Bullock is a Tax Partner based in London. He specialises in asset management, mergers and acquisitions, securitisation and both UK and offshore funds.

He currently works with a number of financial institutions, asset managers and custodians. He advises on the establishment of onshore and offshore funds including Luxembourg FCPs, Irish CCFs, Unit Trusts, fund migrations and redomiciliations, together with the selection of appropriate investment vehicles and the impact on multi-jurisdictional investors.

Gavin has also recently advised on international real estate investment funds, and investment fund restructuring principally for financial services clients. He currently leads the UK pension pooling practice and is in the process of implementing pension pooling solutions for a wide range of clients.

Tim joined Mercer in 2001. He has a Masters in Pensions and Life Assurances from the Hermes University and is a member of the Dutch Order of Pension Experts (NOPD) and the Circle of Pension Specialists (KPS). In addition to being managing consultant for several large multinational clients, Tim chairs Mercer's Dutch Centres of Excellence on Pan-European Solutions as well as Defined Contributions and is a member of their European equivalents.

Prior to joining Mercer, Tim worked with Aon Consulting and number of other pension providers (insurers).

Tim is a regular speaker at conferences and has published two books (on defined contributions) and a number of articles on the topic.

Mark Cerimele

Mark Cerimele is a senior manager responsible for product management in Vanguard’s International Division. His team is responsible for the research, planning, development, and implementation of new investment products and services in support of the $36 billion portfolio of Dublin-domiciled funds.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Cerimele held relationship manager and operations manager positions within Vanguard’s International Division. Mr. Cerimele received his B.S. in finance and his M.B.A. from Penn State University. He is also an adjunct faculty member at Immaculata University, where he teaches courses in international business and multinational finance.