JOHN P. BORNEMAN
SVP, Farient Advisors
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Mr. Borneman is the Senior Vice President, Client Delivery for Farient Advisors.  In this capacity, he is responsible for managing the delivery processes for all of the firm's work for clients, including defining all tools, analytic, and consulting methodologies and establishing and monitoring all quality control standards. 

Mr. Borneman is a senior executive compensation consultant with 10 years of experience advising Compensation Committees and senior management teams regarding executive compensation and rewards issues.  He has advised clients across a broad range of issues and industries, including technology companies (hardware, software, and internet-based), consumer services, manufacturing, and mining.  Mr. Borneman's areas of expertise include:

• Developing pay strategies, identifying performance metrics, and calibrating performance goals to align pay with business needs and shareholder interests
• Evaluating the competitive market for executive compensation and setting reasonable and defensible pay levels for senior executives of public and private enterprises
• Reviewing and developing non-compensatory employment arrangements, including severance, change-in-control, and deferred compensation arrangements for executives
• Evaluating the pay for performance relationship in executive compensation
• Developing equity compensation strategies, including review of key plan terms for shareholder approval
• Providing feedback and guidance to Compensation Committees on best practices for good governance, including developing annual Committee calendars and reviewing Directors compensation

Mr. Borneman is a thought leader in the area pay for performance, and he is a regular speaker on the topic of selecting the right measures for rewards programs and aligning rewards with performance.

Mr. Borneman's previous experience includes Mercer Human Resource Consulting, where he was a Principal in the Executive Compensation practice area and developed many of the firm's standards for performance measurement.  Prior to Mercer, he was with SCA Consulting, a boutique firm that specialized in improving the links between human resources, business strategy, and finance that was acquired by Mercer in 2001.

Mr. Borneman holds an M.B.A. in Finance and Business Strategy from the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business and undergraduate degrees in Political Science and German Language and Literature from the University of Michigan.