Mark Gulyassy has returned to Mercer’s Talent consulting business in its Central Market. In his new role as Principal, he will develop compensation strategies, philosophies and programs that address clients' attraction and retention needs.

Based in Houston, Mr. Gulyassy will also provide consulting services to senior management across various industries on a variety of remuneration issues, including benchmarking of pay and benefits, performance measurement, HR enabling technologies and governance.

“We are pleased to welcome Mark and his successful track-record back to Mercer,” said Erin Packwood, Partner and Market Business Leader for Mercer’s Central and Midwest markets. “As our clients in these areas look to leverage their talent for sustainable competitive advantage, we will rely on Mark’s experience and expertise to help them achieve this goal and to assist Mercer in further growing its Talent business.”

Mr. Gulyassy brings almost 15 years of corporate and consulting leadership experience to his new role at Mercer. He has a wide variety of consulting experience and has worked in corporate compensation management functions for global employers in the energy services, financial services and drilling industries. Prior to joining Mercer, he led the Global Compensation function for Transocean. Previous consulting work included partnering with clients in the oil and gas, utilities, energy services, drilling, engineering, financial services and healthcare industries.

Mr. Gulyassy earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree with an emphasis on human resource management and communications from Baylor University.

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