Executive Compensation and Governance Solutions. Worldwide.

The GECN is a group of select premier independent advisory firms specialized in the more challenging aspects of compensation,  governance, and related subjects which companies and other institutions increasingly face today,  both globally and in their respective markets. GECN clients have access to senior advisors in multiple, strategic locations who provide best-in-class advice on their respective markets in order to help companies enhance value creation while addressing the increasingly complex compensation, tax, and regulatory landscape.

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GECN Group Firms

The team includes firms in more than 15 offices, including New York, Los Angeles, and Louisville in the U.S.; Toronto in Canada; London, Zurich, Geneva, and Kyiv in Europe; Melbourne and Sydney in Australia; and Johannesburg, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth in Africa. It serves clients in more than 30 countries and on six continents.

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GECN Global Insights July 2022 – Will 2021 Pay Trends Continue In 2022?

Full article: (c)2022 GECN Global Insights on Pay Trends July 2022

This short read provides collective insights from the GECN Group companies across the globe on how current developments may impact executive and other pay in 2022. While it notes that some pay trends from 2021 may be affected, it concludes that the ESG and related trends will not let up. 

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Career opportunities at GECN

Various compensation and governance-related positions are available from time to time at GECN Group firms in NY, L.A., Sidney, Melbourne, London, Geneva, Zurich, Kyiv, Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Port Elizabeth.

Currently our Australian office is looking for a Remuneration Consultant. 
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The Corona Virus: Implications for Performance Management and Compensation

As a global Group, the GECN is optimally positioned to help you, regardless of your location, to think through how the current situation should be dealt with from a performance management, talent management (including retention of key staff), and compensation perspective.

HR functions and Compensation Committees will want to start early in the year to consider various scenarios and ways to cope with the challenges. Among the considerations are:

  • how any adjustments align with stakeholder expectations (including on the use of discretion)
  • the implications of the current situation for variable pay funding
  • strains on existing STI and LTI metrics
  • executive and staff motivation
  • what governance practices and parameters not to ignore in making any performance management or pay exceptions

In addition the services offered above, the GECN Group can assist your organization with rethinking pay strategy, recalibrations and pay cost models, or simply with expert insights on any changes to your pay plans you are considering.

Please use the contact tab to send us a message or call the GECN Group firm in your location. Look for updated information on COVID-19 and its impact on pay and corporate governance on the local GECN websites.

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July 11, 2022

GECN Global Insights July 2022

– Will 2021 Pay Trends Continue In 2022?

This short read provides collective insights from the GECN Group companies across the globe on how current developments may impact executive and other pay in 2022. While it notes that some pay trends from 2021 may be affected, it concludes that the ESG and related trends will not let up.

July 2, 2019

Setting the right “tone at the top” – How to avoid the pursuit of clawback provisions

Regulators around the world have exhorted companies to improve their “tone at the top”, as a requirement for governance. How can the right tone be set to avoid the pursuit of clawback provisions?

GECN Group Firms

The GECN is a strategic team of a select number of expert firms strategically positioned around the world. Each firm is highly skilled in its local market and in cross-border and global challenges of governance, compensation and related subjects. Working together, we will deliver tailored advice unique to your individual location, while still reflecting global issues and full adherence to regulatory realities.

GECN – USA
Farient Advisors

GECN – Canada
Southlea Group

GECN – United Kingdom
Farient Advisors

GECN – Australia
Guerdon Associates

GECN – Africa
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