Member Profile

Marina Edwards is a Senior Director consultant in Willis Towers Watson’s Benefits Advisory and Compliance group. She serves as a national lead for DC compliance, plan design, vendor search and fee benchmarking projects. Marina applies her more than 25 years of 401(k), 403(b) and pension plan expertise to lead clients in a wide range of defined contribution plan activities, including vendor search projects for qualified and nonqualified DC plans, plan design studies, merger and acquisition due diligence and strategy, trustee and independent fiduciary searches, fee analysis and benchmark studies, plan compliance reviews and Puerto Rico plan administration. Marina has spent more than half of her career working for Willis Towers Watson. She gained additional experience with an investment management and trust company as an assistant vice president and corporate trust officer, where she managed clients of all sizes. Throughout her career, Marina has advised many large employers across a wide range of industries including health care, higher education, financial services, utility, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, oil and gas, and manufacturing. She is a recognized guest speaker for a number of national DC conferences and has been quoted in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Pensions & Investments, U.S. News & World Report and Workforce Management. Marina earned her B.S. from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.