Kenneth Sparling

Ken Sparling joined the firm in 2007 and has over 18 years of executive compensation consulting experience. He regularly advises board compensation committees and management teams on all aspects of executive and non-employee director pay in both public and private companies. He has also worked on various corporate transactions such as initial public offerings, spin-offs, mergers, and acquisitions.

Ken is an author and frequent contributor to the firm’s technical papers and studies, and serves on the firm’s technology committee.

Speaking Engagements and Presentations

March 7, 2024
Corporate Board Member Directors Forum 2024
Board Strategies to Navigate 2024 and Beyond – Compensation Committee Peer-to-Peer Exchange
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April 29, 2022
Global Equity Organization
Scaling the Mega-Grant Mountain
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August 13, 2020
Corporate Board Member Institute
Compensation Committee Roundtable: Real-Time Executive Compensation Planning During the Pandemic

August 15, 2018
NASPP
Section 162(m) After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and Other Compensation Updates

Publications

April 15, 2025
A Playbook for Proxy Pushback
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February 6, 2024
Employers Face February 14 Notification Deadline If They Have Employee Contracts with Noncompete Provisions that Are Void under California Law
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October 24, 2023
Two of the New SEC PvP CDIs Raise Complicated Interpretative Issues
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October 27, 2022
Equity Awards Using a Relative Total Shareholder Return Metric May Be Worth Significantly More or Less Than You Think, Which Will Impact Next Year’s Pay Versus Performance Table
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