Mercer expands covenant advisory team with two senior hires, Kriti Chandnani and Joe Hornsby 

Mercer has announced the appointments of Kriti Chandnani and Joe Hornsby as Senior Associates in the Covenant team, further developing Mercer’s growing covenant advisory team headed by Partner Darren Masters. The new hires are in addition to Adam D’Souza, Brandy Mukasa and Michael Fenton who have joined in the last year taking the total size of the team to 15 and covering the whole of the UK.

Mrs Chandnani, a qualified accountant with a background in equity research and corporate finance, joins from Argyll Covenant.  Kriti has experience working with trustees and corporates across a range of situations including valuations, advising on the impact of restructuring, transactions, and performance monitoring. 

Mr Hornsby, is also a qualified accountant with a background in audit. In Joe’s previous role as a covenant manager, he has experience across a wide range of sectors, including logistics, engineering, retail, food manufacturing, housing, financial services, and not-for-profit organisations.

Andrew Ward, Partner and Risk Transfer and DB Journey Planning Leader, commented, “Kriti and Joe are great additions to Mercer’s covenant offering bringing a wide range of experience at an exciting time for our business and the covenant sector. They will help the team deliver high quality covenant advice to both pension scheme trustees and corporate sponsors across the breadth of our client base and with new opportunities. This is a further step in developing Mercer’s leading role in the covenant advisory market. Understanding covenant is of crucial importance in scheme valuations, in M&A and more recently in situations previously considered as business as usual. Kriti and Joe’s knowledge and approach will significantly expand our team’s capabilities, and help clients successfully navigate these issues.”

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