The Accredited Executive Compensation Program effectively equips senior management, executives and board members with information, best practices and strategies for executive compensation and corporate governance.

Delivered by experts in the fields of governance, legal, actuarial and finance, this Certificate Program covers 15 modules in three series: Executive Compensation Reviews, Executive Compensation Plan Design, and Corporate Governance and Oversight.

This is a must-obtain Certificate for senior management, executives and board members looking to:

Work with their senior executives, CEO and boards to guide and manage the executive compensation process in their organizations,
Design and validate an effective executive compensation plan,
Use executive compensation as a tool for incenting their leadership teams,
Implement best practices in corporate governance and oversight related to executive compensation, and
Fulfill their fiduciary duties while also adding real value to their organization.

Following is the calendar for the 12 morning sessions. If you need more information on any of them, please email dcase@hrpa.ca or call 416-923-2324 ext. 336.

If you would like to register for any of the breakfast sessions individually, please email Nancy Maben at nmaben@hrpa.ca or call 416-923-2324 ext. 319.

Sessions:
(breakfast will be provided at each session)

Date	Time	Title	Points
17/01/2012	7:30am - 10:30am	Fairness Opinions & Competitive Market Research A comprehensive review to ensure pay-for-performance linkage, fulfillment of disclosure requirements, and alignment of compensation to corporate strategy. In addition, Fairness Opinions encompasses the detection any potential exposure, including regulatory disclosure requirements, incentive funding, compensation accounting and legal matters. Equivalent to the Auditors' Report in the financial statements, Executive Compensation Fairness Opinions represents a certification that compensation levels are deemed to be fair and justified. In addition, A position-by-position comparison of the pay levels of the client organisation to one or more peer group of comparable organisations. Market data can be provided in terms of base salary, total cash compensation, and total direct compensation.	4.5
24/01/2012	7:30am - 9:30am	Pay-for-Performance An assessment of the linkage between a client organisation's compensation and its performance on key financial metrics relative to that of its peer group.	3
7/02/2012	7:30am - 10:30am	Board Remuneration & Annual Long Term Incentives A competitive assessment of pay levels for Chairman, Committee Chairs, Committee Members, and Board Directors in terms of retainer, meeting fees, and equity compensation. In addition, design of cash-based and equity-based annual and long-term incentive plans to support business objectives. As part of our comprehensive design process, we not only formulate such design parameters as the form of award (e.g., stock options, restricted stock, phantom shares), use of performance measures, and award vesting, but we also provide detailed expense and dilution analysis to quantify the cost to the organisation.	4.5
14/02/2012	7:30am - 9:30am	Special Situations Design of compensation and governance strategies in the context of an IPO, merger, acquisition, or divestiture, including design of special incentive plans and formulation of change-of-control provisions.	3
21/02/2012	7:30am - 10:30am	Senior Executive Employment Contracts Design of employment contracts aimed at retaining employees and protecting the organisation, particularly for addressing special situations such as mergers and acquisitions.	4.5
28/02/2012	7:30am - 9:30am	Executive Pension Plans & Fund Management Through a case study approach, learn executive pension plan basics, design, funding and securing, including compliance and governance	3
06/03/2012	7:30am - 10:30am	Board Evaluation & CEO Succession Planning A wide-ranging review and evaluation of board structure, director pay, governance policies and board performance.	4.5
20/03/2012	7:30am - 10:30am	Human Capital & Compensation Strategies Define and articulate client organisation's compensation philosophy in terms of desired pay positioning, peer group, mix of short and long term compensation, performance management, succession, and retention and recruiting strategies.	3
27/03/2012	7:30am - 9:30am	Executive Compensation Governance Regulators, shareholder activists and good governance bodies around the world continue to push the envelope on improving executive compensation governance. This module evaluates the trends in keeping organizations ahead in good compensation governance practices.	3
03/04/2012	7:30am - 9:30am	Forensic Compensation Analysis and evaluation of internal controls and the accounting methodology for accruing compensation costs and maintaining related liabilities.	3
10/04/2012	7:30am - 9:30am	Administration of Compensation Plans Administration, statement design, reporting and accounting methodology review of carried interest and co-investment compensation plans.	3
17/04/2012	7:30am - 9:30am	Communicating With Stakeholders & Knowledge Summary Companies are disclosing more information about executive compensation, but reports show they could be doing a better job. This disclosure impacts employees as well. This session focuses on better communications with stakeholders and employees through good governance practice. In addition, this final session will test what you learned through an interactive key learning summary.	3

Complete the
Certificate in 2.5 Days
May 2, 3 & 4, 2012

Date:
(12 Morning Sessions)January 17, 2012 -
April 3, 2012

Location:
HRPA Learning Centre
150 Bloor Street West
Suite 200
Toronto, ON
M5S 2X9
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Recertification Points:
25 Points

Price:
HRPA Members:
$1,625 + Taxes
Non-Members:
$1,825 + Taxes

Be sure to request your Bloor Yorkville Experience package when you’re in Toronto for HRPA professional development.

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