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Yvonne Chen

Managing Director
New York

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Education

  • SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • MBA with specialization in Finance, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business

Certification

  • Certified Executive Compensation Professional

"Running a business is more complicated than a formulaic incentive plan can capture."

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Commitment To Clients

The best compensation programs build upon each company’s business and leadership strategies. I enjoy working with clients to develop incentive plans that fuel growth and success.

Biography

Yvonne Chen, a managing director, joined the firm in 1998. With more than 25 years of business experience, Yvonne consults with companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures in the development of compensation objectives, pay and performance alignment, incentive plan design, and compensation-related governance issues. She has expertise in executive and director compensation matters. Yvonne regularly consults with clients ranging from large, publicly-traded companies to small and mid-sized clients in the telecommunications, hospitality, healthcare, manufacturing, asset management, and real estate/REIT sectors.

She previously was a principal in the executive compensation practice group at William M. Mercer, Inc. and held positions at SCA Consulting, KeySpan Corporation, and Aetna Life & Casualty Corporation. Yvonne is also a WorldatWork Society Certified Executive Compensation Professional.

A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yvonne holds an MBA from the University Of Chicago Graduate School Of Business with a specialization in Finance.

Publications and Presentations

Webcast
Yvonne Chen
Jane Park
May 2019

A New Lens on CEO Succession Planning

Identify a CEO successor. It sounds like one of the board’s more straightforward duties, yet in practice, it is complex and multifaceted.

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Presentation
Yvonne Chen
June 2018

The Real Value Drivers: Linking Incentives to Shareholders

This presentation from the 2018 Equilar Executive Compensation Summit explores setting goals and selecting metrics that map to shareholder interests.

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Advisor Blog
Yvonne Chen
August 2014

Business IQ and Compensation Plan Design [VIDEO]

Pearl Meyer Managing Director Yvonne Chen discussing why effective executive incentive plans should be linked to “Business IQ."

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Presentation
Yvonne Chen
Matt Turner
August 2011

CEO Succession Planning: Ready, Set…Pay!

The critical importance of CEO succession planning and how to develop a solid roadmap for the inevitable.

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