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Ed McGaughey

Senior Advisor
Houston

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Expertise

  • Executive and Employee Incentive Plan Reviews and Construction
  • International and Expatriate Executive Programs
  • Due Dilligence, M&A Support, and Re-Organizations
  • Executive Package (Hire and Departure) Negotiations and Structuring
  • Energy, Manufacturing, and Not-for-Profit Sectors

Education

  • BS, University of Houston

Get in touch with Ed

(713) 623-8708 Download Bio (281) 630-4356 LinkedIn Email

Commitment To Clients

Supporting clients in compensation plan design and administration across several business sectors has defined my career. Doing so has involved public and privately held companies, start-ups and spin-offs, and PE launched firms in the U.S. and across Europe, as well as parts of Latin America. Building strong relationships—some that have lasted for 15 years—hinge on an understanding of the client's business, their mission and culture, and communicating effectively with both management and the board. Our Houston office has a strong team with an average tenure of more than 10 years and we work seamlessly together to achieve our clients' goals.

Biography

Ed McGaughey, senior advisor in the firm's Houston office, has 25 years of experience in executive and board compensation, including extensive experience in international executive and global employee compensation plan development, due diligence support, re-domestication, negotiations assistance, M&A related issues, executive expatriate compensation, and job measurement. He has authored several ongoing compensation surveys in the energy and manufacturing sector.

Mr. McGaughey previously founded Human Factors in 1986, serving as its president, and was a human resources executive in the energy industry. He founded Pearl Meyer's Houston office in 2002. He continues to support key clients and is a leader in growing the energy team.

An Army veteran, Ed is a graduate of the University of Houston.

Publications and Presentations

Article
Margaret Black
Ed McGaughey
Daniel Wetzel
June 2020

Is Distressed M&A Deal Activity on the Horizon?

Advisors are predicting a surge in opportunistic or distressed company M&A activity; here’s how to prepare for a change-in-control.

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Article
Malcolm Adkins
Ed McGaughey
May 2020

Coronavirus and Compensation: Highly Impacted Industries can Follow the Oil & Gas Playbook

As companies across industries review executive pay programs, they can learn from the experiences of the oil and gas sector.

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Advisor Blog
Ed McGaughey
April 2020

Oil Services Firms Face A Long-Term Challenge Ahead

The double-whammy of oversupply and falling demand due to the global COVID pandemic may be the oil industry’s roughest rodeo yet.

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Advisor Blog
Ed McGaughey
November 2016

It’s Time to Review Safety Incentive Programs

Do the most recent OSHA rules that focus on protecting employees from retaliation impact your safety performance reward plans?

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A Look Back at the FTSE 350 and Executive Compensation in 2020

Examining the UK experience with COVID-19, corporate performance, and CEO remuneration—and expectations for 2021.

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Survey data show there may be some bright spots in 2021, such as homebuilding and industrial sites, among the hard-hit sub-sectors in the real estate industry.

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Webcast
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Applying Method to the Madness: Tools for Managing 2020 Payouts and Setting 2021 Target Compensation

This webcast offers techniques and guidelines for compensation committees to use in making the decisions that are right for a variety of circumstances this year and next.

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