Executive compensation plays a critical role in attracting, retaining, and motivating senior leadership talent. For HR executives, designing effective compensation strategies is about more than numbers — it requires balancing competitiveness, performance alignment, and long-term business success.

This program provides HR leaders with the frameworks, tools, and insights needed to design and influence executive pay programs that support organizational strategy. Through case studies, interactive exercises, and best practice sharing, participants will leave equipped to contribute more effectively to board-level and executive-level compensation discussions.

 Learning Objectives:

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Identify current trends and practices in executive compensation.
• Align executive pay with organizational goals and performance outcomes.
• Understand governance and board considerations in pay design.
• Evaluate real-world examples of effective and ineffective compensation practices.
• Design balanced compensation plans that integrate base pay, short-term incentives, and long-term incentives.

Who Should Attend:

• CHROs and senior HR executives
• Total rewards and compensation leaders
• HR business partners supporting executive teams 

Speaker: Ken Kuk  Sr. Director, Executive Compensation and Board Advisory, WTW

Ken Kuk leads the Executive Compensation and Board Advisory practice for WTW’s Washington D.C. office and the global professional services industry vertical. Ken advises boards and senior management on matters related to executive compensation, board effectiveness and ESG. He is currently the lead advisor to the Compensation Committee of several publicly traded companies and private partnerships. In addition to his executive compensation and corporate governance work, Ken also advises senior management on subject areas such as effective employee reward strategy and programs, M&A, incentive/equity program design, sales effectiveness and reward, and executive performance evaluation. He is a key contributor in some of WTW’s industry-leading research and intellectual capital development initiatives, such as ESG and climate risk, talent and reward practices for start-ups, and pay practices that drive innovation. He frequently writes on multiple platforms, such as NACD, World Economic Forum, WorldatWork, Directors & Board, and Chief Executive Group.

Timeline

8:00am - 8:45am - Registration + Breakfast + Networking

8:45am - 9:00am - Interactive Team Building Activity

9:00am - 10:30am - Program

IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR 1.5 HRCI + SHRM CREDITS

PROGRAM ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED

         

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