Joining Avivah Wittenberg-Cox for this episode of 4-Quarter Lives is Yvonne Sonsino. Yvonne is one of the pioneers in the longevity space, with a 40-year career focused on the financial, actuarial and corporate sides of the ageing equation. She is global co-Leader of consulting firm Mercer’s Next Stage consulting division, and works with companies across the global to develop longevity strategies around the future of work and seize the opportunities of the longevity economy. She’s also the author of The New Rules of Living Longer: How to Survive Your Longer Life. And she partners with the World Economic Forum on a working group on Retiring Retirement. She’s not shy of sharing some uncomfortable – but urgently necessary – truths about money, pensions and ageing, and in particular the gender disparities for women. Want a good idea of the current state of play on where companies stand? Yvonne is the person to give it.
For Yvonne’s book & website: https://www.newrulesoflivinglonger.com
For Mercer’s diagnostic tool to help companies think about the issue of longevity and employment: https://www.mercer.com/our-thinking/career/redesigning-later-life.html
For Mercer’s analysis of how to fix the gender pension gap: https://www.mercer.com/our-thinking/how-to-fix-the-gender-pension-gap.html
Companies, Ageing Workforces & the Longevity Economy