Compensation
Strategy and Principals
- Overall
strategy and approach for executive compensation.
- Guiding
principles that form the foundation of a program. Principles
include reference to pay positioning of peer group selection,
variability of compensation and the role of stock ownership.
- Development
of Executive Compensation disclosure for shareholder circulars.
Executive Base Salary Management
- Comprehensive
salary benchmarking using published surveys, publicly disclosed
salary information, industry studies and other sources.
- Development
of salary management programs to reflect merit, promotions,
performance and scope of responsibilities.
Annual Incentive Design
- Development
of framework for annual incentives, including eligibility, granting
of awards and performance objectives.
- Link performance
metrics to business plan goals/industry metrics.
- Demonstrate
outcomes using modeling and other techniques.
- Development
of incentive plan communication materials.
- Development
of incentive plan administration tools.
Long Term Incentive Design
- Creation
of long-term incentives consistent with business needs and goals.
- Development
of equity based ownership plans.
- Creation
of cash based multi-period incentive arrangements.
Pensions and Other Arrangements
- Design
of supplemental plans reflecting overall market conditions and
business need.
