Frankfurt/Main, June 1, 2015 – Effective immediately, the HR strategy consultant Lurse is represented by a location in Switzerland. Matthias Edelmann, a member of Lurse’s board of management, as well as Dr. Urs Barmettler will manage it.

Dr. Barmettler is a board member of Schweizerische Aktuarvereinigung and represents Switzerland in the Pension Committee of the International Actuarial Association (IAA). In addition, he is a member of various IAS 19 work groups and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), which develops the International Financial Reporting Standards and revises them as necessary.  Furthermore, Dr. Barmettler is chairman of the administrative board of Allea AG in Zurich.

“With this sixth and first international location for Lurse, we are consistently pursuing our expansion strategy. The continuation and further development of our previously long-standing, partner-like collaboration with Dr. Barmettler and the Allea team enables us to function as a global actuary and as such, we can provide consulting services and support for international mandates from the location in Zurich” emphasizes Matthias Edelmann, a member of Lurse AG’s management board.

Allea complements Lurse’s range of consulting services in the fields of benefits and corporate pension schemes by providing innovative, transparent and integral solutions on an international level. The company is a partner of Abelica Global, an organization of leading, independent consultants and actuaries, which Lurse has belonged to since 2011.