Pay Governance LLC is an independent firm that serves as a trusted advisor on executive compensation matters. Our work helps to ensure that our clients' executive rewards programs are strongly aligned with performance and supportive of appropriate corporate governance practices.
Critics of executive compensation suggest that CEO pay escalates because companies chase an ever-rising market median driven by comparisons to even larger peer companies and... Read More
The third Say on Pay season is underway and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) is continuing to exert its considerable influence on investors through its voting recommendations. Read More
On March 3, 2013, voters in Switzerland made headlines by approving the Minder Initiative, giving shareholders far-reaching influence over the executive compensation and governance matters of publicly traded Swiss companies. Read More
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Brian Lane is a Consultant serving the Boston market for Pay Governance. He has over 7 years of experience working with Compensation Committees and Senior Management teams on executive compensation issues. Brian's clients encompass a variety of industries and steps in the business lifecycle. His work has covered all aspects of executive compensation including incentive plan design, aligning pay with organizational performance, and assessing the potential risks of pay program design.
Prior to joining Pay Governance Brian was a consultant with Towers Watson; working domestically, out of its Boston and Washington DC offices, and internationally, in its Hong Kong office.
Brian graduated with distinction from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, earning a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science and a Master of Science in Financial Mathematics.
Pay Governance participated as a panelist in developing the guidelines for pay and performance disclosure recommended in this report sponsored by the Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals and The Center On Executive Compensation. The purpose of the project was to develop more consistent language for describing the complexities of pay for performance. This allows companies to present a more convincing case of pay for performance in their CDA.
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