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Biography

David Harris is well known in the financial services industries in the UK, USA and Australia as an expert on pensions systems and reform. Prior to founding TOR Financial Consulting he was a senior consultant with Watson Wyatt & Co. in the UK and Watson Wyatt LLP in Washington DC. David has worked with the financial services and consumer protection regulators in Australia, Ireland and the UK, and worked with the OECD and Irish Government on evaluating how the existing framework can be improved. He has testified several times before the United States Congress on international social security and pension reform experiences. David pioneered the development of retail and corporate platform strategies with UK providers such as Standard Life, HSBC and Aviva (Friends Life). David was awarded the AMP Churchill Fellowship to study “What influences public confidence in the life insurance and retirement industries”. He continues to work on Irish pension reforms with the insurance industry and domestic providers.