David joined Mercer in September 2019. ​

His duties involve hedge fund due diligence research with a focus on macro and relative value strategies based on his previous experience at Emil van Essen, LLC. During his 8 years at Emil van Essen, LLC he directed operations, research and trading in addition to launching a fund internally. He graduated from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business (2008) with a Finance major and German minor. David has earned the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation.