Holiday Greetings from Veritas! Share This Email: December 23rd, 2024 From Frank Glassner, CEO Veritas Compensation Consultants Dear Clients, Colleagues and Friends, As we all gear up to pretend we know how to wrap gifts and Google how long to cook a turkey, I want to pause the holiday chaos
The “What Not to Do” Poster Child for Corporate Disclosures Share This Email: December 16th, 2024 By Frank Glassner, CEO Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants In the world of corporate governance, where the line between right and wrong should be as clear as day, James Craigie has become the poster child
Private Equity Management Incentive Plans - Are Some Issues Too Difficult to Resolve Up Front? December 18th, 2024 Thanks to Michael Sirkin, US Chairman & Managing Director, Jamieson Corporate Finance US,LLC* In negotiating management equity incentive plans for chief executive officers and other senior management, there are issues that
Policy Survey 2024: Executive Pay Share This Email: December 18th, 2024 Thanks to Dimitri Zagoroff, Glass, Lewis & Co Make-Whole Awards For executive recruitment, companies sometimes agree to provide “make -whole” grants to compensate for awards that the candidate must forfeit upon leaving their current employer. There is a significant
Activists Continue to Target Director Tenure Share This Email: December 9th, 2024 Thanks to Elizabeth R. Gonzalez-Sussman, Louis M. Davis and Alexander J. Vargas, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Proxy advisory firms and institutional investors increasingly view tenures over nine years as too long, questioning the independence of
What Price Can You Put on Priceless? – Elon Musk as a Modern Day Edison Share This Email: December 6th, 2024 By Frank Glassner, CEO of Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants The latest uproar around Elon Musk's colossal compensation package is once again sparking a fierce debate—not about the
The Acronym Hijacking Share This Email: December 4th, 2024 Thanks to Mark A. Pfister is CEO & Chief Board Consultant of M. A. Pfister Strategy Group Have So-Called Acceptable Beliefs Pushed Governance Aside? Many years ago, a great mentor of mine provided salient advice - "Have the courage to
Imagine a 10K or Proxy That Someone… Actually Reads Share This Email: December 2nd, 2024 Thanks to Adam J. Epstein I recently met with a board member of a micro-cap that was a multibillion-dollar company during the pandemic but has since shed most of its market capitalization. Once upon a
This Thanksgiving, We're Thankful for You (Yes, You!) Share This Email: November 25th, 2024 From Frank Glassner, CEO Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants As we gear up for a Thanksgiving that's sure to be filled with more stuffing than a proxy statement, I wanted to take a
Board Composition: Building Your Dream Team Share This Email: December 4th, 2024 Thanks to Paul DeNicola, Barbara Berlin, and Carin Robinson Board effectiveness begins with and depends on who’s in the boardroom. Management looks to the board for oversight and counsel, and it’s critical that the directors evaluating
When CEOs… Wing It November 18th, 2024 Thanks to Adam J. Epstein Public company CEOs and CFOs are used to being the smartest people in the room. And they know their industry and company better than virtually anyone else. So why would they need to prepare extensively to be interviewed?
Burgers and Bonuses: What Big Mac Prices Reveal About Global Pay Trends September 9th, 2024 By Frank Glassner, CEO of Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants It's no secret that the price of a Big Mac can tell you more about global economics than many sleep-inducing seminars on fiscal policy.