About Us
In the design and monitoring of executive compensation programs, companies require independent, professional advice – whether in terms of articulating an executive compensation philosophy, conducting benchmarking and other analyses (e.g., market pay levels, pay for performance correlation), developing management annual or long-term incentive programs, drafting executive compensation disclosures, and performing other monitoring work during the normal course of a year. Companies are increasingly finding they cannot evaluate and design the executive pay program solely on their own. They require an outside viewpoint and market perspective from a trusted advisor. The question is not only one of ‘how much’ to pay, but also one of ‘why’ pay design makes sense in addressing the company’s unique business and talent needs.
At Watson Wyatt, we serve as a best-in-class provider of practical advice, data resources and technical information to assist companies in effectively executing and administering their executive compensation programs. By listening to the underlying business concerns and challenges, we provide professional advisory services and specialized information. In our role as an advisor, we combine technical depth with broad-ranging business advice, and we act as an independent confidant having the interests of the corporation as such in mind.
Executive Compensation Consulting Services
Watson Wyatt’s executive compensation services include:
- Compensation philosophy and strategy development
- Competitive pay analysis and benchmarking
- Incentive plan design, including metric selection, goal setting and calibration
- Equity compensation program design, including work related to share plan approval
- Accounting solutions and valuation services
- Executive retirement benefit design and peer analysis
- Employment, severance and change-in-control agreements
- Assistance with executive compensation disclosures
- Executive eStatements
- Executive succession planning and development
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Why Watson Wyatt?
Our clients choose to work with us because:
- We are committed to aligning the structure and quantum of remuneration
packages with a company’s business strategy and performance
- We have professional/ethical standards, developed over many years, in our
role as the trusted counsel to remuneration committees
- We are committed to innovative concepts/methodologies in our analysis
- Of the strength of our remuneration databases, covering not only cash pay
but total compensation
- We have global reach, with over 80 offices worldwide, and major executive
compensation consulting teams in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America.
Our consulting philosophy is:
- Based on understanding an organization’s business strategy, together with
its culture and desired remuneration philosophy
- Driven by research, with a focus on ensuring a clear linkage between
remuneration packages and key business metrics
- To ensure that the full financial implications of changes to remuneration
packages, such as dilution and accounting costs, are fully understood and
allowed for
- Predicated on our belief that advice on remuneration packages should cover not
just the detailed design of particular components (such as the structure of
incentive vehicles), but should also address how best to spark the enthusiasm
and commitment of senior management and shareholders alike.
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