David Ellis

My expertise lies in creating reward and broader people strategies to support business success. I spend much of my time on executive compensation consulting for management teams and remuneration committees, strategic reward reviews for larger private or listed organisations (including partnerships) and helping founders, family business owners and partners in professional services firms structure remuneration for senior professional management teams.

I also advise on transactions, covering retention arrangements, the treatment of variable pay and equity on deals, investment and exit terms, harmonisation of conditions and post-deal incentivisation. Performance management systems and their links to reward, learning and talent strategies are another core area.

Whether it's brokering a deal between shareholders and management or redesigning an approach to partner profit share, I focus on finding the right balance between upside and long-term business protection.

Ask me about executive compensation, reward in professional services firms, remuneration committee advisory, transaction-related incentives, performance management and governance.