Mike Orszag is head of research for Towers Watson, the global actuarial and human resources firm. He is also a founding editor of the Journal of Pension Economics and Finance (Cambridge University Press in conjunction with the OECD and IOPS) and a co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Pensions and Retirement Income. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan and an AB from Princeton University. He is a member of a number of scientific advisory boards including the Boston College Center for Retirement Research and the Kiel Institute of the World Economy.