About us - Australian Business Development Team l Mercer Australia

Brian Zanker
Business Development Leader, Investments & Financial Services

Brian is a Partner at Mercer and Business Development Leader for Investments and Financial Services. Prior to joining Mercer in September 2015, Brian gained over 30 years’ experience in the Corporate Superannuation and Investments area, including working at AMP, and the NAB group (Plum, JANA and MLC).

Anthony Schiavo
State Manager, Queensland

Anthony is a Partner at Mercer and leader across Queensland, nurturing and growing our client relationships. Anthony has over 25 years’ experience in consulting and financial services both in Australia and overseas and has won a number of industry awards.

Gary Williams
State Manager, South Australia

Gary is a Principal at Mercer with over 35 years’ experience in the superannuation industry across corporate stand alone, industry funds and master trust arrangements. He has held senior management positions in administration, consulting, account management, marketing and business development across Australia.

Phillip Nolan
State Manager, Western Australia

Phillip is a Principal of Mercer and the leader of our Western Australian Office. Phillip joined Mercer in 1993 having spent five years with the Government Employees Superannuation Board. Previously, Phillip held various senior roles as an industry economist.

Adam McKenzie
Business Development Manager

Adam is a key Business Development Leader for Mercer and a Principal in our Investments business. Prior to joining Mercer in November 2006, Adam gained 14 years’ experience in key client development roles across corporate superannuation, benefits and investments, and specialised corporate business development.

Nikki Brown
Business Development Manager

Nikki joined Mercer in 2017 with over 18 years’ experience in institutional sales, most recently with Shed Enterprises in Sydney working with private markets fund managers. Previously Nikki spent over 10 years with MVision Private Equity Partners and four years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers in London.

Wesley Palmer
Business Development Manager

Wes is Business Development Manager for Australia’s southern states. After completing a commission as an Army officer, Wesley relocated to Australia in 1997. Prior to joining Mercer, Wesley was employed as Director of Business Development Royal Bank of Canada and Head of Sales at National Australia Bank Custodian Services.

Nathan Urbanski
Business Development Manager

Nathan is a Principal of Mercer with over 20 years’ experience in the superannuation industry and is currently responsible for implementing and managing new business sales strategies for our Wealth business. Prior to Mercer, Nathan led the master trust relationship management team at Russell Investments.