When designed effectively, they inspire desired behaviors, encourage innovation, sharpen focus on results, and ensure both success and setbacks are shared. We create new design approaches or review existing plans with regard to company context, governance, and market standards covering all forms of performance awards, from short- and long-term incentives to sales commissions.
Developing the guiding principles of compensation aligned with culture and strategy. Setting objectives and shaping desired behaviors, while ensuring compliance with regulation and market best practices.
Designing, calibrating, and implementing STI and LTI plans for all management levels aligned with corporate strategy, regulatory frameworks, and market standards.
Defining key design features (eligibility, grant policy, instruments, vesting, clawback, etc.), determining ambition levels through our outside-in methodology, and supporting disclosure and stakeholder engagement (e.g., compensation reports, AGM communication).
Creating and implementing participation programs such as equity-based schemes, phantom shares, SARs, RSUs, ESOPs, and more.
Defining program objectives, selecting participants, analyzing costs and tax implications, ensuring internal communication, and supporting partner selection for program administration.
We define success collectively by setting relevant KPIs and conditions. We help determine value-sharing for bonus pools, balancing dividends, retained earnings, and taxes. We establish allocation mechanisms that reflect individual contributions and design payout structures linking short- and long-term performance. Performance management becomes a leadership tool to foster continuous dialogue.
Supporting start-ups throughout their life cycle from foundation to exit by designing equity-based and virtual participation programs, managing communication, and assessing tax implications to ensure employee appeal.
Managing executive change-of-control arrangements, retention issues, and award conversions in IPO, M&A, or spin-off scenarios while shaping the future compensation landscape.
Addressing pre- and post-IPO issues from governance and compensation to communication. This includes reviewing charters, designing post-IPO LTIs, and preparing compensation-related prospectus sections.