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This article originally appeared on Robin A. Ferracone’s “Executive Pay Watch” blog on Forbes.com. This week I want to welcome a guest blogger, Francis Byrd, SVP & Corporate Governance Risk Practice Leader at the Laurel Hill Advisory Group. As a proxy solicitor, Francis provides strategic advice on governance issues to boards of directors and senior [...]

This article originally appeared on Robin A. Ferracone’s “Executive Pay Watch” blog on Forbes.com. In the second year of Dodd-Frank, executive compensation continues to be top of mind as proxies roll off the presses and say-on-pay votes are cast. As part of the season, there is no shortage of director conferences to attend to hone [...]

This article originally appeared on Robin A. Ferracone’s “Executive Pay Watch” blog on Forbes.com. 2011 was a landmark year in many respects.  We saw the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act with the first mandatory Say on Pay vote.  We saw continued volatility in the stock market, reinforcing the seeds [...]

This article originally appeared on Robin A. Ferracone’s “Executive Pay Watch” blog on Forbes.com. One would surmise that the recent Dodd-Frank legislation, coupled with increased investor scrutiny of board behavior and effectiveness, would have at least some impact on the board of director selection process, i.e., filling vacant director slots, at least in part, by [...]

Dear Compensation Committee Chair: In light of the Company’s Compensation Committee agenda for its upcoming meeting, Ron and I wanted to offer our viewpoint regarding the role of external consultants and the sources of value such trusted advisors can bring to the Committee.  While we will be available during the meeting by phone, this memo [...]

This article originally appeared on Robin A. Ferracone’s “Executive Pay Watch” blog on Forbes.com. As we wind down for the holidays, and put the first year of Dodd-Frank behind us, now is a great time to look forward and backward. I am thrilled to introduce our guest blogger Ken Daly, president and CEO of the [...]

This article originally appeared on Robin A. Ferracone’s “Executive Pay Watch” blog on Forbes.com. I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving weekend.  Just before the weekend, one of our tech clients commented on the obvious misstep by Zynga, the hot video game maker of Farmville, Mafia Wars and other popular games, in threatening to [...]

This article originally appeared on Robin A. Ferracone’s “Executive Pay Watch” blog on Forbes.com. It’s been hard to miss the unfolding drama at Hewlett-Packard (HP) over the past few years, from the eavesdropping incident among board members, to Mark Hurd’s alleged improprieties, to the recent dismissal of Leo Apotheker for obvious missteps. As the Dodd-Frank [...]