Designing the ‘right’ equity plan design that works across different geographies can be challenging. What prospective employees expect, and what investors want, can be driven by local norms. How do global companies keep everyone happy whilst doing what’s right for the company and its strategy?

This session will look at current and emerging trends in executive equity incentives in the UK and US to highlight where there’s common ground, and where practice is diverging. The expert panel includes issuers who will give their front-line perspective on designing and selling plans to both UK and US employee audiences and discuss whether one-size-fits-all designs work, and the influence culture has on plan design.

• Discover how cultural perspectives on pay inform plan design in your country
• Find out how to reconcile pay-for-performance with caps on pay
• Learn whether the challenging economic environment and spiralling cost of living will lead to changes in plan design