Farient Advisors (Farient), a leading independent executive compensation and corporate governance consultancy, announced the acquisition of Rem.n (Remuneration Associates), a London-based independent remuneration and governance consulting firm.
Simon Patterson is a managing director and head of the firm’s London office. He is actively engaged as advisor to the remuneration committees of several FTSE 100 companies and consults widely on executive compensation, incentive compensation design, and performance measurement.
Prior to Pearl Meyer, he founded Patterson Associates with a stream-lined team focused on delivering business results by linking remuneration and reward systems to business needs and increasing returns for shareholders. Prior to that, Mr. Patterson was the worldwide partner in charge of executive compensation in Mercer’s London office and the co-founder of SCA Consulting in Europe.
Mr. Patterson holds a BSc (Hons) from University College London and an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.
On Friday 23rd February, the Investment Association (“IA”), whose members collectively manage £8.8trn in assets, has published a letter to members indicating it will launch a major overhaul and simplification of its Principles of Remuneration...
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Last year, we published ten areas for Growing Companies to consider when looking at incentives. Here is a reminder of what was covered.
On March 8th we combined our operations with Farient Advisors /GECN Group (‘Farient’), the leading independent executive compensation and corporate governance consultancy.
This year’s Neovation Conference was fast-paced and interactive, and confronted many of the biggest challenges in the workplace today: how to use technology and data analytics to make ‘Reward’ compelling, valued and effective.
To the Editor. With reference to your article ‘In defence of fat-cat chief executives’ 4th January 2024, we have some findings which may be of interest.
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