Designing for the Downturn: Stress-Testing Executive Pay in Uncertain Markets

Join NACD Northwest and Meridian Compensation Partners for a timely virtual program focused on one of the board’s most critical responsibilities: ensuring executive compensation programs remain aligned, defensible, and effective in a shifting economic environment.

As companies face increasing market volatility and performance pressure, boards must move beyond traditional plan design to actively stress-test compensation frameworks. Are your incentive structures resilient across business cycles? Do they continue to drive the right behaviors when performance targets are at risk? Will they withstand heightened scrutiny from shareholders and stakeholders?

Join this conversation to examine how boards can proactively stress-test incentive plans, identify structural vulnerabilities, and ensure alignment with strategy while maintaining credibility and fairness in challenging conditions.

1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Panel discussion
2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Optional Networking Breakout Session

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