Jeff Baker
ASA, EA, MAAA
Consulting Actuary
Atlanta, GA, US
Jeff Baker is a consulting actuary in the Atlanta office of Milliman. He assists organizations across a broad range of benefits-related issues, including designing, funding, de-risking, and financial reporting of their retirement programs.
Experience
Jeff has worked in the retirement consulting field since 1998, with prior experience as a principal at Mercer where he specialized in qualified and non-qualified defined benefit plans and AON. He has extensive experience in the following areas:
- Preparing actuarial valuations for corporate defined benefit and retiree medical plans
- Developing cost projections to evaluate future business conditions and their impact on benefit programs
- Assisting plan sponsors with plan design strategies and cost implications
- Providing financial accounting under US and IFRS standards for qualified, retiree medical, and non-qualified executive pension plans
- Conducting due diligence for mergers & acquisitions
- Analyzing and implementing pension de-risking projects, including plan termination, investment strategies, annuity purchases, and lump sum windows
Professional Designations
- Associate, Society of Actuaries
- Enrolled Actuary under ERISA
- Member, American Academy of Actuaries
Education
- BA, Mathematics, University of South Florida
- MBA, Concentration in Finance from Georgia State University, Georgia State University
Publications