Bank and Credit Union Compensation and Leadership Consulting

We create holistic programs that align compensation and leadership strategy to create long-term success. 

Pearl Meyer’s consulting practice is #1 in the financial services industry. We work with a broad range of institutions, including regional, super-regional, and community banks, as well as credit unions. Our industry knowledge and expertise provide the support you need across the lifecycle of your institution—whether you are expanding geographically, through organic growth, a merger or acquisition, or transitioning from private to public ownership.

BY THE NUMBERS

350+

Consulting Clients

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550+

Survey Clients

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27%

Financial Services Market Share

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We understand your challenges.

Banks and credit unions are facing competition for new customers; struggling to find, retain, and reward the right talent; and confronting unconventional, technology-based disruptors that are changing the industry landscape.

We are your trusted advisors

Our team can help you turn challenges into opportunities by providing solutions that unlock the potential of your best and brightest talent—in the boardroom, in the c-suite, and within your broader workforce.

We are compensation and leadership experts

We will align your unique business and leadership strategies with a compensation program that will drive your long-term goals: to build sustainable performance and stakeholder value, enhance the customer experience, and motivate your workforce.

We help bridge pay and performance

Our combined resources, including access to superior data, provide a platform to support your success and to ensure your compensation programs truly “pay for performance.”

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WHO WE WORK WITH
Build and reward high-performance leadership teams.
We work with a variety of financial institutions: regional and super regional, community banks as well as credit unions to create holistic compensation and talent management strategies.
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Regional and Super Regional Banks
Our expertise working with publicly traded banks can help you navigate the regulatory landscape and investor expectations. Our industry knowledge, understanding of human capital management, and extensive experience in incentive plan and pay-for-performance compensation design can help ensure your success.
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Community Banks
We partner with compensation committees and their management teams at hundreds of public, private, and investor-owned community banks. We understand your local market, talent needs, and competitive challenges. Risk mitigation, regulatory compliance, and governance are built into our process.
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Credit Unions
We are trusted compensation and leadership advisors to the credit union industry, bringing the in-depth knowledge and expertise necessary to help you build strong leadership teams and create pay-for-performance alignment to deliver value to all stakeholders.
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Approach & Partnership

The Pillars of Success

Key Drivers

Business Strategy

  • Mission & Vision
  • Organization Culture

Pearl Meyer's Role

Executive Compensation

  • Develop Philosophy
  • Assess Competitiveness
  • Design Programs

Leadership

  • Develop Leadership Framework
  • Assess Leadership & Board Effectiveness
  • Coach & Develop

Communications & Disclosures

Key Outcomes

Exceptional Business Results

  • High Performance Leadership & Culture

BANKING AND CREDIT UNION SURVEYS

National Banking Compensation Survey

The National Banking Compensation Survey provides extensive data on over 280 jobs based upon submissions from over 500 participating institutions.

Bank Director Compensation and Governance Survey

Published every other year, our survey is the definitive source for information on bank board of directors' compensation and governance practices

Regional and State Association Banking Surveys

We work directly with banking associations located throughout the United States. Our banking compensation surveys may be broken out by individual state and by region.

Banking Benefits and Human Resources Policy Survey

Produced every other year our survey provides the most comprehensive benefits and personnel policy information for financial institutions.

Credit Union CEO and Senior Executive Total Compensation Survey

The survey provides information on the CEO and 28 senior executive-level positions.
Our Commitment to You
We are advocates on your behalf providing commentary to bank regulators on proposed legislation impacting compensation and we are in frequent dialogue with the FDIC and SEC on issues providing perspectives on regional and community banking. Our consultants speak at industry conferences and are frequent content contributors working with the leading national and regional associations.
American Bankers Association
Regional Banking Associations
Bank Director
The Mid-Size Banking Coalition of America
We help banks and credit unions create compensation and leadership strategies that deliver exceptional business results.
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Banking Trends and Insights
Strategy-Driven Consulting

We believe in the power of connecting compensation and leadership strategy to help our clients enable and reward individual and organizational success. 

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Survey and Governance Data

Pearl Meyer is a powerhouse of both survey and proxy data. Our survey team produces over 50 annual compensation surveys and our partner, Main Data Group, offers public company governance and compensation data. 

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At Pearl Meyer, we work with boards and organizations to design and implement compensation and leadership strategies that build great management teams.
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