Don Ezra

Don Ezra is a widely published author. In addition to numerous articles and papers, his books include Pension Fund Excellence and The Retirement Plan Solution: the Reinvention of Defined Contribution, and most recently the philosophical Happiness: the Best is Yet to Come. Among many awards, he received the Lillywhite Award from the US Employee Benefit Research Institute in 2004 for “extraordinary lifetime contributions to Americans’ economic security.”

He graduated from full-time work seven years ago, which included being co-chair, global consulting for Russell Investments worldwide. In his post-graduate career, Don focuses on adapting institutional ideas to individual retirement planning and is a member of the investment committee of two American charitable foundations and of the advisory boards of the World Pension Summit and other organizations related to pensions and investment. He is writing a book on psychological and financial preparation for retirement.