Executive Compensation in the 2020 Landscape: Key Considerations You Need to Know

Stephen F. O’Byrne is President and co-founder of Shareholder Value Advisors Inc., a consulting firm that helps companies increase shareholder value through better performance measurement, incentive compensation and valuation analysis.  His work on measuring the strength and cost-efficiency of top management incentives has been published in the Harvard Business Review, the Journal of Investing, Conference Board Director Notes, the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance and the WorldatWork Journal.  He is the co-author, with Professor David Young of INSEAD, of EVA and Value-Based Management.  He was previously head of the compensation consulting practice at Stern Stewart & Co. and a Principal in the executive compensation practice at Towers Perrin.

Mr. Heim has been a trusted advisor to Boards and their senior management teams on all aspects of executive compensation and director compensation issues since 2004.  He leads engagements for clients ranging from Fortune 500 firms to pre-IPO start-ups across multiple industries, including technology, biotech, aerospace & defense and industrial manufacturing.  Specific areas of focus include pay governance, incentive plan design, pay-for-performance alignment, compensation benchmarking, proxy analysis and special compensation programs for IPO and M&A transactions.

Prior to transitioning to the consulting field, Mr. Heim worked in the corporate human resources departments of EMC Corporation, The Gillette Company and One Beacon Insurance.  He regularly writes and presents on executive compensation topics for organizations such as the NACD, American College of Corporate Directors, and WorldatWork, and is also a former faculty member of WorldatWork, serving as course instructor for “Principles of Executive Rewards”.

Shaun Bisman is a principal at Compensation Advisory Partners LLC (CAP) in New York. He has approximately 10 years of experience consulting to management and compensation committees. Shaun provides compensation consulting services to both public and privately-held companies, assisting with peer group development, performance measurement, pay for performance validation, incentive plan design and director compensation.

Shaun has significant experience in consumer products, financial services and insurance industries. He also authors CAP client alerts and oversees CAP’s Dodd-Frank Say on Pay research.

Rachel Markun advises clients regarding the corporate, tax and fiduciary issues relating to ESOPs and employee benefit plans. She has represented plan fiduciaries, employers and financial institutions in connection with legislative and regulatory initiatives relating to the Internal Revenue Code, ERISA, the federal securities laws, and the California tax laws. She has extensive tax expertise relating to tax-exempt entities including matters involving unrelated business tax issues and all aspects of retirement plan qualification issues. She represents retirement plan corporate sponsors in a variety of matters, including Internal Revenue Service audits and U.S. Department of Labor investigations.