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Steven Van Putten

Senior Managing Director
Boston

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Expertise

  • Board-Level Executive Compensation Consulting
  • Fortune 500 Consultant with Broad Industry Focus
  • Short- and Long-Term Incentive Plan Design
  • Special Situations (e.g., M&A, Public Offerings)
  • Governance-Related Aspects of Executive Compensation

Education

  • MBA, University of Chicago
  • BA, Trinity College

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Commitment To Clients

I offer a balanced perspective in advising clients, reflecting on both external practices as well as internal goals and objectives. I strive to provide advice on key topics in executive and incentive compensation that is thoughtful, candid, and with a strong point of view.

Biography

Steve Van Putten is a senior managing director with Pearl Meyer and leads the firm’s efforts with respect to thought leadership and intellectual capital development. Steve’s primary focus and expertise is on advising compensation committees and senior management on executive and director compensation matters. He has over 30 years of board-level experience consulting to Fortune 500 companies on executive pay.

Steve is a frequent presenter at national executive compensation forums and conferences, including the National Association of Corporate Directors’ annual conference featuring the “Leading Minds in Executive Compensation.” He has written extensively on executive and incentive compensation and is the co-author of the book Myths and Realities of Executive Compensation (Cambridge University Press).

Steve specializes in the design of annual and long-term incentive programs that support long-term value creation. He has developed innovative methodologies for analyzing relationships between pay and performance, as well as assisting companies in determining appropriate performance metrics and associated goals, and calibrating performance award slopes.

Prior to joining Pearl Meyer in 2010, he was the North America East Region practice leader of Watson Wyatt’s executive compensation consulting practice and North American practice director of Watson Wyatt’s performance metrics and measurement group.

Steve holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a BA from Trinity College.

Publications and Presentations

Advisor Blog
Steven Van Putten
May 2023

Treatment of Unvested Stock Awards Upon Retirement

Properly designed favorable stock award vesting provisions for qualifying retirements can help organizations achieve multiple objectives.

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Ask the Expert Interview
Steven Van Putten
August 2021

Evaluating the Merits of ESG Metrics in Incentive Plans

An interview with Steve Van Putten about whether and how companies should include executive compensation incentive plan metrics related to ESG factors.

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Advisor Blog
Steven Van Putten
April 2020

Preserving the Motivational Effect in 2020 Annual Incentive Programs

How companies can realign short-term incentives with key imperatives for the balance of the year

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Video
Steven Van Putten
December 2016

A Comprehensive Conversation on Clawbacks

This video features an in-depth discussion about the history of clawbacks, who may be impacted when, and the actions boards should take.

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Advisor Blog
Steven Van Putten
May 2023

Treatment of Unvested Stock Awards Upon Retirement

Properly designed favorable stock award vesting provisions for qualifying retirements can help organizations achieve multiple objectives.

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Advisor Blog
Jacob Harden
April 2023

Considerations for Board Equity Compensation Amid Depressed Share Values

In an environment of declining share prices, director equity grants can become challenging. Here are several key points to help inform decisions.

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Ask the Expert Interview
Mark Rosen
Deb Lifshey
April 2023

The Reader’s Guide to Pay Versus Performance

Members of our Technical Services team share thoughts on how they suggest reading the new PvP disclosures and interpreting the data.

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Advisor Blog
Ed Steinhoff
April 2023

Incentivizing ESG Progress in Private Companies

It is possible to align elements of ESG with your business strategy and satisfy the interests of multiple stakeholders, including employees.

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