Partners

Shekhar Purohit

Shekhar Purohit, Managing Director and head of the firm's Northern California office, joined Pearl Meyer & Partners in 2011. Mr. Purohit advises public, private and family-owned companies on compensation and governance issues including total compensation strategy, incentive, program design, performance measurement, and special situation compensation strategies for IPOs, VCs, and restructurings. His clients include companies in financial services, manufacturing, technology, commercial and investment banking, and oil and gas.

Mr. Purohit also works extensively with U.S. multinationals to align their Asia-Pacific compensation strategy with their global vision and assists leading Indian and Chinese multinational conglomerates to develop their global, regional, and local total rewards and compensation strategies.

Prior to joining Pearl Meyer & Partners, Mr. Purohit was a Principal and Global Compensation Consulting Leader at Hewitt Associates. He also served as the Chief Operating Officer and a Principal of The Delves Group, where he advised clients on business development and firm and project management issues including ownership structures, turnaround operations and organizational strategies, sales compensation, and compensation competitiveness. Mr. Purohit also has held senior positions at Towers Perrin, Sibson Consulting and SCA Consulting.

A graduate of Northwestern University with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Mr. Purohit also holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.