Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan, announced the appointment of Olaolu Aganga as Partner, US Chief Investment Officer, effective. Ms. Aganga will report to Hooman Kaveh, Global Chief Investment Officer, and join the leadership team for Mercer?s US Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) practice. Based in New York, Ms. Aganga will lead the US OCIO investment team to implement and deliver all aspects of Mercer?s OCIO investment processes, including strategic and dynamic asset allocation, fund manager selection, as well as risk management across Mercer?s US OCIO client base, ranging from endowments and foundations to defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans, wealth managers, and insurance companies.

Ms. Aganga was most recently a Managing Director within BlackRock?s US OCIO business. Prior to BlackRock, Ms. Aganga advised institutional clients on a variety of investment solutions for Goldman Sachs. Ms. Aganga earned a degree in Mathematics from Smith College and an MBA and a Certificate in Public Management from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.