Independent expertise
An independent lens on compensation strategy, programmes and disclosure helps secure stakeholder acceptance and market competitiveness
Say-on-pay
A smooth AGM begins long before meeting day.
Seamless preparation requires dedication and expertise.
The ongoing pressure for more disclosure transparency of compensation matters, and the increasing regulatory constraints call for careful attention to maximise shareholders’ support of your board and executive compensation programmes and budget. Along with the drafting of your compensation report, areas likely to concern investors, shareholders and proxy advisers are highlighted early, ensuring thorough AGM readiness.
Rewards strategy
Reward strategy evolves alongside corporate strategy.
As your partner we will bring the external view, considering all stakeholders’ perspectives, best practices, internal and external data to ensure acceptance and efficiency.
Benchmarking & analysis
The right level of information enables informed decisions.
Benchmark analyses, built on a proprietary database of compensation disclosures from 200 Swiss-listed companies provide you with market-relevant insight.
Transparency index
In today’s world, people want to know and understand. So do your investors and shareholders, who expect to find in your remuneration report information to assess how decisions relating your executives’ pay are made and how compensation delivered aligns with company performance. Communicating about compensation is a delicate topic. Awareness of market practice and understanding how your level of disclosure compares will facilitate the dialogue with your investors. That is what our transparency index and analysis will help you do.
Board Compensation
Investors and shareholders expect the compensation system and level for the Board of Directors to be comparable with other companies of size and complexity. Based on a selected comparator group, we analyze how Board remuneration is structured (type of fees, payment form, shareholding requirements) and how much board members at stock-listed companies in Switzerland are earning.
Incentive performance metrics
Market practice of the mix of performance indicators (financial, qualitative, ESG) and the balance between the short-term and on the long-term metrics, in your company sector and broadly. A powerful tool for the assessment and the review of your variable compensation programmes.
On-demand expertise
Access senior reward expertise when internal capacity is stretched
Combining deep corporate experience across multiple industries and consulting expertise, this flexible service seamlessly integrates with your internal team, addressing critical resource gaps. Whether managing compensation plan implementations, designing efficient compensation processes, or preparing comprehensive Compensation Committee agendas and documentation, you gain instant access to seasoned expertise precisely when needed. Ideal during business transformations, restructurings, mergers, acquisitions, or IPOs—periods often marked by hiring freezes yet intensified workloads—this on-demand support swiftly delivers practical solutions, ensuring continuity and effectiveness in the implementation of your reward strategy.
The service can be paused or ended at any time, keeping flexibility in your hands. Engagement, budget and monthly invoicing are agreed upfront.
