Tara is a founder and Partner of Southlea Group, a GECN Group company. Prior to founding Southlea in 2021, she worked for 11 years at a large, global multi-service consulting firm, advising boards and senior management teams on effective executive and broad-based compensation program design and governance. She helps clients align their pay programs with the organization’s purpose, values, and business strategy, and supports the selection and testing of performance measures that drive value and sustainable success. In her former organization, Tara was the Canadian lead of the North American Executive Compensation Transactions Team, and a member of the Due Diligence Centre of Excellence.
Tara Armstrong
Tara Armstrong
Toronto
Tara specializes in supporting clients with the development of pay programs as they prepare to go public through IPO or SPAC merger, and due diligence / retention program design for organizations going through M&A transactions and divestitures.
Her experience spans public and private companies across many sectors, including asset management (i.e., pension funds), private equity and technology.
Tara has an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration from the Ivey Business School at Western University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
