Deep and broad. Innovative yet practical. Thoughtful. And impactful.

Our services apply all of our experience, creativity, technical knowledge and business acumen to provide a
clear view of the big picture. We convert that clarity into executive compensation strategies and structures
that have a powerful and positive impact on client success in today’s challenging environment.

We bring the full benefit of our deep expertise on issues of executive compensation, management incentives,
performance measurement/goal-setting and board compensation to our clients. We are particularly adept at
helping management and boards manage through significant transitions such as turnarounds, strategic
redirections, mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, IPOs, CEO/executive succession and conflict resolution.

Our Expertise

• Program design, base salary, annual incentive and long-term compensation
• Evaluation of competitive total pay opportunities and mix
• Selection of performance measures based on business value creation, corporate imperatives and motivational power
• Goal setting
• Evaluation of historical and prospective pay and performance relationships and value sharing
• Employment agreements and contracts
• Institutional shareholders advisory service support
• Shareholder outreach support

Specialized Compensation

• Transactions (spin-offs, mergers and acquisitions, IPOs)
• Turnarounds (stabilizing and re-focusing)
• CEO or executive succession
• Outside hire arrangements
• Specialized performance measurement and incentive design/special awards for key employee populations

Board of Directors

• Board compensation
• Compensation committee governance and regulatory compliance