16.2 Current Issues in Equity Compensation

2020 and 2021 brought major changes to the daily work of equity compensation professionals. Market volatility created by the pandemic and other macroeconomic and social factors led to broken equity incentives, share pool volatility, and a host of new challenges to overcome. Compensation professionals have had to modify awards, exercise discretion in awards, conform to new HCM disclosures, and embrace the rise of ESG considerations. On top of these considerations, layer in regulatory and political agendas and you have a perfect storm of influences that will reign for many years to come. Join this expert panel as they explore the major issues that stock administration, accounting, and executive compensation professionals are grappling with in the current work environment, and look forward to what may transpire in 2022.