h2glenfern’s remuneration advisory practice provides expert and independent advice and support on executive remuneration.

Our central aim is to promote the success of our clients by helping them to structure, implement and operate remuneration policies which:

• foster enhanced business performance
• complement the company’s strategy, business model and culture
• deliver appropriate rewards to retain, motivate and attract key employees
• balance the interests and requirements of stakeholders
• are clear, well understood and robust

Our approach is market orientated, drawing on practical experience of providing corporate finance and broking advice to growing companies.

Services include:

• Review of current remuneration policies and structures
• Development of new remuneration structures with a focus on the long term equity and performance related elements and shareholder and market views
• Building consensus from stakeholders around new pay proposals
• Implementation
• Ongoing support to companies and remuneration committees on pay
• Advice and negotiation support around the hiring of senior employees
• Advice to institutional investors on executive pay issues of investee companies

Our focus is the remuneration of key employees in growth companies, both quoted and private (including venture capital/private equity invested companies), and within investment banking firms. We provide services to remuneration committees, boards, executives and institutional and private equity investors.

• Review of pay levels and structures
• Discussion of remuneration issues with interested parties
• Benchmarking against comparator group
• Commentary on recent market, governance, accounting, taxation and legal developments
• Preparation and presentation of reviews and advice for the board and stakeholders

• Development of a term sheet for new pay structures
• Modelling and audit of new structures
• Identification of key issues arising

• Assistance in discussions with stakeholders
• Preparation and presentation of materials for boads, scheme participants and shareholders

• Project management to implement
• Explanatory sessions for participants and company secretarial

Advice and support on:

• development of remuneration policies
• measurement of performance against conditions and likely outcomes
• market developments including at comparator companies
• ongoing issues on retaining, attracting and motivating employees
• drafting of remuneration reports for inclusion in annual reports
• accounting valuations of share based payments
• governance
• ongoing communication with external investors on remuneration issues
• pertinent legal, tax and accounting issues

• One-off and ongoing and advice and support on the remuneration policies and practices of investee companies

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