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Mr. Dean is a Senior Vice President, Benefits Consultant and Actuary in Segal’s Chicago office. He has over 30 years of experience in actuarial consulting. Mr. Dean provides actuarial and consulting services to a number of multiemployer pension, annuity and health clients and leads the Chicago office’s Compliance Practice. As the firm’s Multiemployer Retirement Practice Leader, he leads strategic planning initiatives for multiemployer services and product development, plus he leads Segal's multiemployer pension risk initiative. Mr. Dean has extensive experience with all facets of multiemployer consulting, including plan design, mergers, funding projections, withdrawal liability, and issues involving the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA’06) and the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA). He serves as a major resource for Segal’s multiemployer clients in regards to strategic planning, funding, and plan design. Mr. Dean started in the actuarial and consulting field in 1980, performing actuarial work for corporate pension plans. In 1992, he began working with multiemployer pension, annuity and health funds. Mr. Dean joined Segal's Chicago office as a Benefits Consultant and Actuary in 1995. He became a Vice President in 2002, a Senior Vice President in 2005, and the firm’s Multiemployer Retirement Practice Leader in 2016. Mr. Dean received a BA in Mathematics from the University of Minnesota in 1979. He is a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries and an Enrolled Actuary. Mr. Dean also holds Life and Health Licenses from various states, including the State of Illinois.