The future-proofer?: Julio Portalatin

Mercer chief executive has advice about the looming pensions crisis and what to do about it – and how to create a lasting career in a gig economy

Julio Portalatin: pensions liability ‘not easily solved’ Picture: Fergal Phillips

The world of work as we know it is changing. Towards the end of a chat with Julio Portalatin, he reels off a statistic he recently told his daughter who was wondering about college options for her own young child. What would be the best choice to study in college when she grew up?

Portalatin’s response was that for any child under the age of three right now, 75 per cent of the ...