9:00 Breakfast
9:30 - 11:30 Program
DISCUSSION SUMMARY AND KEY TAKEAWAYS
HERE'S WHAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
On December 5, we held our annual roundtable for compensation committee members: Is Your Compensation Committee Ready for 2020? Mike Marino, managing director, and Joe Sorrentino, principal, FW Cook & Co., moderated the session, which brought together committee members from a diverse group of companies to discuss current developments, share insights and probe issues facing boards and companies today.
After the stage was set with a review of the evolution of executive compensation, the participants explored several pertinent topics:
Speakers Venue
Canoe Brook Country Club
1108 Morris Turnpike
Summit, New Jersey 07901
3 Skill Fellowship Credit(s)
Managing Director, FW Cook
Mike Marino consults to organizations on all aspects of executive compensation strategy and design, including tax, accounting, and securities law implications, as well as matters of corporate governance. He joined the firm in 2009, having previously been a senior consultant at Watson Wyatt and, prior to that, an associate at Merrill Lynch. Mike has over 21 years of combined corporate and consulting experience. He has extensive experience working with board compensation committees and generally attends or participates in over 90 committee and/or board meetings annually. A frequent writer and speaker on emerging issues in the field, Mike has consulted with a diverse group of clients ranging from large industrial, financial and service-based companies to small public and private companies. In addition, Mike works with many private equity firms and their portfolio companies across a variety of industries. Mike serves on the advisory board for the National Association of CorporateDirectors (NACD) New Jersey Chapter.
Principal, FW Cook
Joe Sorrentino joined the firm in 2018 and has over 20 years of executive compensation consulting experience. His client assignments have been with both public and privately held companies in industries including: chemicals, consumer products, financial services, health care, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, real estate/REITS and utilities. His consulting engagements often focus on the development of executive compensation strategy, design of annual and long-term incentive programs, and ISS equity plan modeling, compensation and governance policies. Joe serves as the independent advisor to Compensation Committees and works in a supporting consultant role on many of the firm’s large and more complex clients. Examples of companies familiar with Joe’s consulting services include: Chobani, Corning, H&R Block, Johnson & Johnson, Magellan Health, Major League Soccer, Minerals Technologies, Retail Properties of America, Sirius XM and Travelers. Joe is a frequent author and speaker on issues related to executive compensation. He has spoken at numerous conferences including those held by the Conference Board, the Global Equity Organization, the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals, WorldatWork, and other related trade and educational organizations. Previously, Joe was employed as an executive compensation consultant with Steven Hall & Partners and Pearl Meyer & Partners.
