Aptia Announces Jeff Williams as US President

Aptia Group Ltd., a health, benefits and pensions administrator, announced on Tuesday the appointment of Jeff Williams as U.S. president and CEO, based out of Aptia’s U.S. headquarters in Boston.

In the newly created role, Williams will be responsible for Aptia’s benefits administration services book of business and will report directly to Bala Viswanathan, Aptia’s founder and Group CEO.

Williams previously served as vice president of enterprise and HR solutions at Paychex, an HR and benefits company, a HR and benefits company, where he “drove record revenues in the company’s mid-market line of business and for its global operations centers,” according to Aptia’s announcement.

Prior to Paychex, Williams held positions at Alight Solutions, Aon Hewitt, ADP Inc. and companies acquired by Rogers and Vodafone, leading business growth, operations, sales, marketing and client relationship teams.

 “We are excited to welcome Jeff to Aptia as he brings a wealth of experience and knowledge in the North American benefits administration industry,” Viswanathan said in a statement. “With his strategic vision and proven track record, we are confident in Jeff’s ability to elevate our capabilities, drive innovation, and deliver exceptional value to our clients, their employees, and their retirees.”

Aptia, launched in January after private equity firm Bain Capital LP backed the acquisition of the U.S. health and benefits administration and U.K. pension administration businesses of Mercer, a subsidiary of Marsh McLennan.

The transaction included more than 3,500 employees across the U.K., U.S., India and Portugal, with 1,100 global clients to support more than 7 million people with health and wealth administration.

In the U.S., Aptia offers administrative services to companies of all sizes, encompassing benefits administration, retiree group benefits administration, retiree individual health insurance solutions, retiree health guidance, dependent eligibility verification, operations support and total rewards statements.