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Supporting Boards & Management in creating programs that align pay with performance, motivate executives, and drive results.

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Providing contemporary, tailored advice to ensure Compensation Committee decisions are fully informed.

Incentive Program Strategy and Design

Designing incentive programs that align with a company’s strategy and performance.

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Helping clients stay current on accounting, tax, and SEC regulations and policies impacting executive compensation.

Compensation Committee Governance Support

We apply our extensive boardroom experience to ensure our clients’ executive compensation governance frameworks are supported.

Compensation in Special Situations

We apply expertise so clients understand implications across M&A, IPOs, spin-offs, financings, PE deals, and transitions.
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We Focus On Each Client Holistically

We Focus On Each
Client Holistically.

We take a comprehensive approach to every client, combining our team’s long-standing collaboration and expertise across accounting, tax, equity valuation, retirement plans, and executive proxy voting guidelines. This depth allows us to craft executive pay programs that drive business success while balancing the priorities of shareholders and executives in the broader governance environment.

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Decades of Expertise. Independent Focus.

Our broad experience, technical expertise, and geographic representation allow us to pool relevant experiences from our team for the benefit of each client. Key internal technical staff includes experts in accounting, tax, equity valuation, supplemental retirement plans, proxy advisor modeling and policies, as well as knowledge of institutional investor policies. Geographically, we have locations across the United States, partners in Korea and Japan, and affiliation in Europe.

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Aubrey E. Bout

Managing Partner
Boston
Aubrey has a strong track record of helping boards and management teams develop pay programs that are aligned with company business strategy and performance. His clients span the globe from U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia and include many premier, high growth S&P 500 companies.

Ben Stradley

Managing Partner
Dallas
Ben is a Managing Partner of the firm with more than 25 years of experience partnering with clients to develop bespoke pay programs aligning talent and business strategies with shareholder interests and company performance. Ben is also a leader within our technical support group and heads our equity valuation team.

Chris Brindisi

Partner
Dallas
Chris is a Partner with over 25 years advising on executive compensation and governance across industries.

Brian S. Scheiring

Partner
Pittsburgh
Brian partners with compensation committees and management to design effective executive compensation programs. While advising many industries over his career, Brian is one of the firm’s leaders in the manufacturing and industrial sectors. Brian is a frequent speaker and author in the executive compensation arena.

Brian Lane

Managing Partner
Boston
Brian works with a range of company sizes and ownership types – including public, private equity sponsored and venture capital backed – to ensure pay programs are aligned with business strategy and company performance while being appropriately mindful of external factors.

Blaine Martin

Principal
Boston
Blaine partners with compensation committees to design and sustain compensation programs that align with value creation strategies and public market governance expectations. He also researches and writes about executive compensation with a focus on pay and performance alignment.

Christine Oberholzer Skizas

Managing Partner
Chicago
Christine has spent more than 25 years advising Compensation Committees across industries to ensure their executive compensation programs support their unique business and talent objectives. She advises organizations of all sizes and stages of evolution, including a large number of Fortune 500 companies.

Connie Lin

Principal
Boston, Dallas
Connie is a Principal with over 17 years experience advising boards on executive pay, incentives, peer groups, and governance across a variety of industries.

Donald Kokoskie

Partner
Cleveland
Don is a Partner with over 35 years experience advising on executive, director, sales, and broad-based compensation strategies.

Jeffrey W. Joyce

Managing Partner
New York
Jeff is a Managing Partner with over 30 years experience advising boards on exec pay, corporate governance, value-based management, and executive compensation design.

John D. England

Managing Partner
New York, St. Petersburg
John is a Managing Partner and Founder with over 30 years experience in executive compensation, incentive design, and global consulting.

Jim Dickinson

Principal
Philadelphia
Jim is a Principal advising boards on executive and director pay with experience across energy, insurance, manufacturing, and tech.

Ira T. Kay

Managing Partner
New York
Ira is a Managing Partner and founder with over 30 years experience and is one of the nation's foremost experts on executive compensation.

Joshua (Josh) Bright

Partner
Detroit
Joshua (Josh) Bright advises compensation committees and senior management teams at public and private companies. He has extensive experience across a variety of industries, including consumer brands, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, industrials, real estate, and technology.

Jon Weinstein

Managing Partner
Philadelphia
Jon has more than 30 years of experience in advising Fortune 500 and other high-profile, multinational organizations in the development of effective, creative, and pragmatic executive compensation systems and arrangements. Jon is also an expert in governance and a leader of the Firm's institutional investor/proxy advisor team.

Lane T. Ringlee

Managing Partner
San Francisco
Lane advises clients on the design and implementation of executive compensation programs and has extensive experience in managing compensation assignments for major corporations across industry segments. He has researched issues such as institutional investor perspectives, realizable pay and performance, use of strategic objectives, and target setting.

Linda Pappas

Principal
Philadelphia
Linda provides strategic counsel to compensation committees, drawing on her deep expertise in evolving executive compensation and governance practices. She also leads our Proxy Advisor and Governance team, serving as a trusted authority on proxy advisor and investor voting policies, and helping clients navigate complex expectations.

John R. Sinkular

Partner
Detroit
John assists companies in driving shareholder value through well designed incentive plans integral to comprehensive pay programs that directly align to the business strategy and support talent objectives. He works with public and private companies in a range of industries and sizes (from pre-IPO to S&P 500 companies).

Keith Jesson

Partner
Philadelphia
Keith consults in the areas of executive compensation strategy, peer group development, incentive plan design, severance, director pay, executive retirement, etc. Keith is actively involved in the Philadelphia/New England NACD chapter including serving as a moderator, etc.

Matt Quarles

Partner
Houston
Matt is a Partner with over 25 years experience advising boards on executive pay, incentives, and global programs, focused on tech.

Marizu Madu

Principal
Los Angeles
Marizu brings over 20 years of experience advising compensation committees and management on all aspects of compensation related to executives, independent directors, and the broader workforce. Marizu also advises on governance best practices and helping companies improve shareholder support on Say on Pay proposals.

David Fitt

Managing Partner
New York
Known for a “no-surprises” approach and translating complex issues into actionable strategies, David guides clients through the evolving executive pay governance landscape with strategies and program designs that balance company priorities, competitiveness and principled leadership.

Peter Ringlee

Principal
New York
Peter is a Principal with over 15 years experience in executive compensation, focused on tech, media, and life sciences.

Stephen J. Pakela

Managing Partner
Pittsburgh
Steve is a Managing Partner with over 27 years experience advising executive/director compensation and corporate governance.

Sandra Pace

Partner
New York
Sandra has over 25 years experience advising compensation committees and senior management teams on executive and director compensation program designs across various industries. She also has extensive experience working with non-profit organizations.

Mike Keebaugh

Principal
Boston
Mike primarily partners with life sciences companies, maintaining long-term relationships while advising Committees and leadership teams from start-up through IPO planning to steady-state public companies. With strong knowledge of industry norms, he provides company-specific guidance.

Mike Kesner

Partner
Chicago
Mike has over 40 years of experience assisting compensation committees and senior executives on executive compensation matters, including incentive plan design, succession planning, shareholder relations, and M&A. He is a thought leader and has written several articles on executive compensation.

Szu Ho

Principal
Atlanta
Szu helps boards and executives design fair, performance-driven pay programs. With more than 17 years experience across tech, biotech, and financial services, she brings deep expertise in executive compensation and compensation related governance, as a leading member of the Pay Governance proxy advisor team.

Tara Tays

Partner
Los Angeles
Tara partners with companies to strengthen shareholder support on Say on Pay, design incentive programs to optimize business performance and talent priorities and collaborate on committee charter mandates. She also serves on Northern California’s NACD Leadership Council and helps sponsor NACD’s Latino Directors Cafecito quarterly events.

Olivia Wakefield

Managing Partner
Boston
Olivia is a strategic advisor with expertise in developing holistic executive reward strategies enabling business performance and driving results. Olivia is a recognized executive compensation expert in the life sciences industry. Her core specializations include IPO and M&A work, equity plan design, and Say on Pay strategy support.

Silvana Nuzzo

Principal
New York
Silvana Nuzzo is a Principal with 25 years experience advising on executive compensation, incentives, and governance.

Chris Earnest

Partner
Houston
Chris brings over 20 years of experience advising boards on executive and director compensation, incentive design, and governance. Known for his candid, practical approach, he helps align pay programs with business strategy and shareholder interests.

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