Commitment to Clients
As a trusted advisor to clients, I work collaboratively with the board and senior management to ensure that compensation programs are optimally aligned with the business and support long-term value creation for stakeholders.
Biography
Rob James is a managing director with Pearl Meyer with almost 15 years of experience in executive compensation and finance. He serves as a trusted advisor to boards and senior management at public and private firms across North America.
He works with companies in all industries, but he has in-depth knowledge and expertise in designing compensations strategies for organizations in life sciences and technology, particularly emerging and high growth companies that are pursuing or have recently completed a M&A transaction or public offering.
Prior to joining Pearl Meyer, Rob was a co-founding partner at Echelon Compensation Partners, an independent consulting firm specializing in executive and broad-based compensation at privately held and publicly traded companies, and a director at Farient Advisors in Los Angeles. He is a Certified Executive Compensation Professional, a distinction awarded by WorldatWork for excellence in the field, and a Certified Equity Professional, which is the only internationally recognized equity compensation designation focusing on taxation, accounting, securities laws, and administration of equity-based incentive programs.
Rob holds a BSc. with honors degree in international management with American business studies from the University of Manchester, UK.
Publications and Presentations By Robert James
Designing an Effective Bonus Plan for Early-Stage Biotech Companies
Getting a Jump on Salary Budgets at Life Sciences Companies
Knowing When and How to Adopt Performance Share Units
