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    Andrew McElheran

    Partner
    T:
    647-472-7955
    E:
    amcelheran@meridiancp.com
    Toronto
    Mezzanine
    320 Bay Street
    Toronto, Ontario M5H 4A6
    905-213-5844

    Andrew is a Partner and leads Meridian’s Toronto office. He previously worked for several years in Meridian’s Boston office. He has 20 years of experience with executive compensation issues in Canada and the U.S., and has clients on both sides of the border.

    Andrew consults on the full range of executive compensation matters, including compensation philosophy and strategy, short- and long-term incentive program design, other program design and related governance, firm financial performance analyses (including performance measure selection, goal setting, and pay/performance alignment studies), and executive and outside director compensation benchmarking. Within Meridian, Andrew is a firm-wide expert for performance measurement and incentive plan design issues. He co-leads Meridian’s performance measurement team and Financial Services team, and is a member of Meridian’s valuation team.

    Andrew works with a full range of public and private companies, from pre-IPO to large-cap TSX 60 and S&P 500 constituents, with an emphasis on financial and business services, information technology, energy, and mining.

    Prior to joining Meridian, Andrew worked for several years in Silicon Valley as a consultant and project manager. Earlier in his career, Andrew did business development and corporate finance work in the energy industry.

    Andrew holds a B.A. with First Class Honours from the University of Calgary, and an MSc with Distinction from the London School of Economics. He has also completed the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) curriculum.

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    Defining and Testing Pay Philosophy

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    Setting Stretch Goals Strategically

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    Trade Offs in Compensation Design

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    Balancing Market Aligned Plans

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    Enhancing Resilience in Executive Compensation Design

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    How Should Compensation Committees Balance SEC Disclosures with Pay-For-Performance Evaluations?

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    Challenges Inherent in 3-Year Performance Plans

    Videos
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    Determining Payout With Relative Performance Metrics

    Podcasts
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    Setting Performance Goals for Long-Term Incentive Plans

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    Resilient Executive Incentive Plan Strategies

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    Understanding Performance Measurement in Executive Compensation

    Videos
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    Recent Trends in the Use of Non-Financial Indicators in Incentive Plans

    Videos
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    How to Think About Performance Measurement in Annual vs. Long Term Incentive Plans

    Videos
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    Emerging Trends in Measuring Performance for Executive Compensation

    Key Insight
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    Understanding Performance Measurement in Executive Compensation

    Client Alerts
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    New Tax Rules for Stock Options Delayed; Other Updates

    Client Alerts
    4 Min Read

    UPDATE: Draft Legislation Released Changing Tax Treatment of Stock Options Effective January 1, 2020

    Key Insight
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    EVA for E&P Companies: A Challenging Measure

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    Pay for Performance

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    Adding Economic Value: The Complicated Case of EVA for Financial Companies

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    Economic Value Added—New Governance Considerations

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