Our Team

Gain Exclusive Access to Top Governance and Compensation Experts. Locally and Around the World.

The GECN Group includes a select number of expert firms strategically positioned around the world, working with clients in more than 30 countries. Each firm is highly skilled in its local market, and in cross-border and global challenges of governance, compensation and related subjects. Working together as one team, we deliver tailored advice unique to your individual company and location, but informed by global practices and regulatory trends.

GECN: Strategically Positioned to Serve You.

The GECN Group includes:

USA and UK

Farient Advisors LLC is an independent premier executive compensation, performance, and corporate governance consultancy. Farient provides a full array of services, linking business strategy to compensation through a tailored, analytically rigorous, and collaborative approach. Farient has locations in Los Angeles, New York, Louisville, and London. Farient is a certified diverse company and is recognized by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council.


654 Madison Avenue
Suite 1209
New York, NY 10065

Phone: +1 646 626-6930


4th Floor, Collegiate House
9 St Thomas Street
London, SE1

Phone: +1 646 626-6930

Canada

Southlea Group is a trusted advisor on developing people and pay programs, offering support through the full annual compensation cycle including executive, employee and board pay benchmarking, incentive plan design and supporting governance programs. Based in Toronto but with reach throughout Canada (including Quebec), it supports companies through change and transformation, including special situations, M&As, IPOs and SPAC mergers. Southlea uses an analytical, data-oriented approach to compensation decisions consistent with the discipline commonly applied to business and financial decisions.


Exchange Tower, Suite 1800
130 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M5X 1E3

Phone: +1 416 901 4858

Continental Europe and Gulf Countries

HCM International Ltd. is a leading independent international advisory firm specializing in governance (including compliance), financial stewardship and compensation, with deep experience across various industries and in the advising of boards, board committees, HR, compliance and other control functions.


8008 Zürich
Mühlebachstrasse 54

Phone: +41 44 560 33 33
Fax: +41 44 560 33 34

Australia, New Zealand, and Asia

Guerdon Associates Pty Ltd is an independent consulting firm that provides executive and director remuneration and board effectiveness services that contribute to improved and sustainable shareholder value. It brings together behavioral, financial and legal disciplines, comprehensive data and research, a measurement framework, and a global group to achieve this regionally, nationally and globally.


NSW, 2000 Sydney
Level 7, 261 George Street

Phone: +61 2 9270 2900
Fax: +61 2 9270 2999

Africa

21st Century is a specialist remuneration, organisation development, talent management and change management consultancy, with national and international capability, and a B-BBEE level 2 rating. We are one of the largest remuneration and HR consultancies in Africa, with a team of more than 60 skilled specialists. Our sustainable remuneration & HR solutions are supported by a comprehensive audited salary survey database, an ¬analytics capability, and a wide range of web-based remuneration and HR systems and associated training courses.


12 Bolton Road (cnr Sussex),
Rosebank, Johannesburg, 2196
PO Box 973, Saxonwold, 2132

Phone: +27 11 447 0306