Stephan Bosshard

Stephan Bosshard has 18 years of consulting experience, including 13 years at FW Cook and previously as a consultant at two other leading consulting firms. Working with clients across a wide range of industries, Stephan has a special focus on financial services. His clients range from large publicly traded organizations to privately held companies including private equity portfolio companies.

He plans and manages a broad range of executive compensation and board advisory projects including but not limited to executive and director compensation benchmarking, realized/realizable pay studies, short- and long-term incentive plan design, and severance/change-in-control benefit analysis. Stephan’s work has also included governance trend studies, employment contract review, M&A due diligence, and compensation risk assessments.

Stephan has authored and co-authored publications on topics such as emerging trends and best practices in the banking industry, long-term incentive grant practices, and change-in-control benefits.

Relevant Experience

• Banking
• Insurance and Reinsurance
• Retail
• Public Companies
• Private Companies
• Executive and Director Benchmarking
• Short- and Long-Term Incentive Plan Design
• Shareholder Voting Issues
• Say-on-Pay
• Governance Trend Studies
• Severance and Change-in-Control Benefits
• Employment Contract Review
• Compensation Risk Assessments
• Transaction Issues (IPO, Merger, Spin-off)

Publications

February 20, 2025
Post-Election Incentive Pay Planning
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April 1, 2022
Stretching for the Stars
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November 19, 2020
2020 Director Compensation Report
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April 10, 2020
ISS Publishes Policy Guidance on the Impacts of COVID-19
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