Solutions
Board Advisory
Compass Carter Osborne work with clients to conduct Board evaluations. Investors need confidence that the Board is well-placed to provide guidance to C-suite leaders while ensuring that shareholder’s interests are properly represented. We utilise our sector expertise, knowledge of governance best practice, and bespoke assessment processes to support board evolution, and have an enviable track record of placing Chairs and Board members.
Board Advisory
Board composition and evolution are topics on the minds of investors and Chairs alike. Proactive consideration of the balance of skills, knowledge and experience on a Board can give investors confidence that the Board is well-placed to provide the guidance and support to C-suite leaders while also ensuring that shareholder’s interests are properly represented.
Compass Carter Osborne have worked with clients to conduct Board evaluations whether in preparation for key inflection points in the company’s growth, or in anticipation of a strategic event. Deep sector knowledge, in-house expertise and carefully selected specialist network of advisors enables us to design, agree and conduct Board evaluations to determine whether current Board members have the right capabilities for the next stage of a company’s development.
We utilise our sector expertise, knowledge of corporate governance good practice and understanding of the dynamics of our sector to provide practical insight. CCO offer a range of advisory and evaluation services from informal reviews, through to desk-top analysis exercises to full evaluations involving Board member interviews and deployment of our Board assessment instruments.
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Benchmarking for Remuneration Committee
Board’s remuneration committees need to make informed decisions concerning the compensation and incentives offered to the company’s CEO. Some Remco’s extend their oversight to review other C-suite appointments. For others, design and approval of Long-Term Incentive Plans may be high on their agenda. The Committee’s discussions often need to balance attraction and retention factors with incentives linked to business performance.
Compass Carter Osborne can provide benchmarking on current market practice. Our advice goes beyond simply referencing survey data. Our understanding of our clients, our wider market knowledge, and insight into candidates’ career agendas enables us to provide context to support decision making. We can advise on current competitive practice, trends, and issues. Our search activities are informed by extensive client engagement, which gives us insight into longer term strategic goals and more immediate business challenges. This in turn enables us to contextualise our observations about to your Long-Term Incentive Plans and performance criteria.
