Investment Director - U.S. Insurance, Mercer
Nelson Pereira is a Principal at Mercer in the GBS Wealth Alternatives Group. As an Investment Director for U.S. Insurance; he services Mercer’s discretionary and advisory insurance client base covering client strategy, asset allocation, research and implementation across alternative asset classes.
Previously, he was a consultant at Aon Investments serving as Co-Leader of the North America Insurance Initiative and a member of the Regional Insurer Group. His responsibilities included guidance on asset allocation, governance, alternative strategies and responsible investing. Mr. Pereira also spent 12 years at Commonfund, during his tenure he was a Relationship Manger for delegated non-profit clients in the central region on the United States as well as Senior Analyst on the quantitative analytics team. Mr. Pereira began his career as an Associate at PwC in Tax and Legal Services.
He has held prior positions as an advisory board member of the human rights organization Global Youth Connect and as a representative for the Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States. At Commonfund, he was also speaker and case study instructor of the Endowment Institute at the Yale School of Management.
Nelson has a M.S. in Finance from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Connecticut. He is also a Registered Representative, holding both a Series 7 and 63 license.