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The Case for Higher Nominating and Governance Chair Pay
The Case for Higher Nominating and Governance Chair Pay sophia.defreit…Terry Newth
Biography
Terry Newth is a managing director and head of our life sciences practice at Pearl Meyer. He consults on the design, development, and assessment of executive compensation programs that support each organization’s business objectives, long term business strategy, and organizational culture. His clients range from private venture-backed to large multinational life science companies. Terry’s areas of expertise include pay strategy and philosophy development, market-based pay studies, incentive plan design, severance and CIC arrangements, outside director pay, transaction-related compensation, CD&A and supporting table disclosures, corporate governance, and share plan authorizations.
Before joining Pearl Meyer, Terry was a senior consultant in the executive compensation practice of Towers Watson. He also had responsibility for the analysis, development, and implementation of global compensation programs at American Power Conversion and at Thomson Financial.
Terry holds a BS from Providence College and a MS in labor relations/human resources from the University of Rhode Island.
Every day, business moves in a more rapid and dynamic fashion and so it is important that I move just as quickly, not just in terms of responsiveness, but also in anticipating how changing business and talent strategies impact compensation design and decisions. It is my goal to provide thoughtful advice and an informed point of view covering the various matters compensation committees and management teams deal with each year.
The DNA of Pay: Evolving Compensation in a New Era of Life Sciences
Compensation Considerations for Director Service on Special Committees
Compensation Considerations for Director Service on Special Committees sophia.defreit…Peter Wertheimer
Biography
Peter Wertheimer is a principal at Pearl Meyer. In this role, he provides executive compensation and governance advisory services to boards and management teams across industries. Peter has a wealth of experience in public and private companies as well as tax-exempt and not-for-profit organizations of all types and sizes. He specializes in executive pay benchmarking, short- and long-term incentive plan design, IPO readiness, reasonableness opinions, peer group development, and board compensation, among other areas.
Prior to joining Pearl Meyer, Peter was an associate principal at Korn Ferry, in the Executive Pay & Governance practice of the Total Rewards division. His clients have included large and complex tax-exempt healthcare and nonprofit organizations, as well as publicly traded and private corporations at various stages of maturity across industries. Earlier in his career, Peter was a consultant at Yaffe & Company, Inc., which was acquired by Pearl Meyer in 2020.
Peter holds a BS from Towson University and a MBA from the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School. He serves on the board of directors of HealthCare Access Maryland and is a member of the Washington Area Total Rewards Association (WATRA) and the Private Directors Association’s Metro DC chapter.
I am passionate about delivering thoughtful, tailored solutions to address clients' executive pay and governance needs in a manner that is easily understandable by all stakeholders and that promotes the strong alignment of pay and strategy. Honesty, responsiveness, and professionalism are the foundation on which I build my client relationships over time. These attributes help to enable organizations to not only easily satisfy regulatory requirements and public optics concerns, but they result in effective pay and governance practices that encourage the recruitment, retention, and engagement of executive talent.
