John L. Anderson Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC John is a partner and lead consultant at Meridian and has many years of consulting experience in executive and director compensation. He consults directly with compensation committees and senior leadership at a wide variety of clients in the U.S., Canada and Europe. He has extensive background in total compensation strategy, analysis, design and valuation. His work covers the full range of executive compensation consulting, including review and design of short- and long-term incentive plans; outside director compensation programs; special benefit and perquisite programs; severance and change-in-control arrangements; equity ownership programs; and performance measurement and assessment. John’s experience and depth in corporate governance, compensation committee process, leadership talent assessment, succession and broader HR management issues provide his clients with a seasoned, global perspective. His clients include public companies in a wide range of industries, including: Avnet, Canadian Pacific Railway, Caterpillar, Delta Air Lines, Encana, Hewlett-Packard, Interpublic Group, Moody's, Nielsen Holdings, JC Penney, Suncor Energy, TELUS, Tenneco, TransAlta and Zurich Financial Services. John received his B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from Northwestern University, and is a Certified Public Accountant. He began his career with a tax specialty at Deloitte, after which he joined Hewitt Associates as an executive compensation consultant in the firm’s executive compensation practice. John was a partner at Hewitt and served as a practice leader for more than 15 years. He held a number of global management roles, including serving on Hewitt’s Executive Committee. In early 2010, he joined Meridian Compensation Partners, which was formed from the business spun off from Hewitt as a separate, partner-owned and fully independent executive compensation consultancy. He is a frequent speaker on trends and developments in executive compensation and governance, and regularly leads workshops at the Corporate Board Member annual “Boardroom Summit” conference in New York City and Phoenix. He has written articles on a wide range of topics in executive and director compensation. Recently John was a contributing author to "Boardroom Challenges: Executive Compensation and Say on Pay," an article published in Financier Worldwide.
Contact Information John L. Anderson Meridian Compensation Partners | Lake Forest (Chicago), IL and Scottsdale, AZ Office: 847-235-3601 | Mobile: 847-682-1782
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