Noah Kaplan

Noah Kaplan has over 18 years of experience advising compensation committees and senior management teams on all aspects of their executive pay programs. He joined the firm in 2007, having previously been a senior consultant at Towers Perrin.

He advises clients across a diverse range of industries and at various stages of the business life cycle, covering smaller private/pre-IPOs up to mature Fortune 500 companies. This includes work with technology, life sciences, media, gaming and hospitality, restaurant, engineering and construction, REITs, and specialty finance companies.

Areas of expertise include compensation strategy development, incentive plan design, IPO planning, equity valuation, corporate governance, severance, recruitment, CD&A disclosure, equity share plan authorizations, and non-employee director pay.

His work focuses on providing independent advice to compensation committees and working collaboratively with management to develop compensation programs that support his clients’ unique business and human capital strategies.

Relevant Experience

• Compensation Committee Advisor
• Short- and Long-Term Incentive Plan Design
• IPO Planning
• Corporate Governance
• Leadership Transition
• Equity Valuation
• CD&A Drafting/Review
• Equity Plan Proposals
• Competitive Pay Benchmarking
• Non-Employee Director Compensation
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Severance Plan Design
• Executive Recruitment
• Private Company Long-Term Incentive Design
• Shareholder Outreach
• Stock Ownership Guidelines

Speaking Engagements and Presentations

November 18, 2021
West Coast Biotech CEO Collective
Real-Time Compensation Trends

May 13, 2021
Corporate Board Member Institute
Roundtable: Incentive Plan Design Post-Covid

Publications

June 17, 2024
Succeeding with Stock Plan Proposals
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November 16, 2023
2023 Executive Change-in-Control (CIC) and Non-CIC Severance Practices
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October 21, 2022
Shareholder Proposals to Limit Severance Aim to Improve Governance But May Have Unintended Consequences
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October 1, 2009
The 2009 Director Compensation Survey
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