Experience
John Swift is an Associate at Compensation Advisory Partners in New York. Since joining CAP in 2022, he has worked with compensation committees and senior management teams to address a wide array of executive compensation issues.
John has experience in peer group development, benchmarking of compensation levels for senior executives, broad-based salary structure development, annual and long-term incentive plan design, pay vs. performance validation and development of non-employee director compensation programs. John has also assisted clients in preparing SEC Pay vs. Performance calculations for inclusion in annual proxy filings. John has worked with clients in a wide variety of stages and industries, including Fortune 100 companies, start-ups, and non-profit organizations in financial services, technology, consumer goods, and media & entertainment.
Publications
John has co-authored reports on the SEC’s Pay vs. Performance disclosure rules and related trends, technology industry compensation trends, and considerations for addressing underwater stock options.
Education
John attended Cornell University, where he received a B.S. from the Nolan School of Hotel Administration in the S.C. Johnson College of Business.
Experience
Kyle White is an Associate at Compensation Advisory Partners in New York. Since joining CAP in 2020, he has worked with senior management teams and directors to address a variety of compensation issues. Kyle’s work includes benchmarking compensation levels, incentive plan design, and pay-for-performance assessments. He has provided compensation consulting advice to companies across a wide range of industries and sizes, from small family-owned businesses to publicly traded Fortune 100 companies. However, Kyle has a particular focus on financial services clients, specifically in the insurance industry.
Publications
Kyle has co-authored and contributed to CAP research reports on executive and director compensation trends, covering topics such as insurance industry reports on pay and performance, director compensation trends among the largest 100 public companies, Say on Pay voting results and outlook, and CEO Pay Ratio.
Education
Kyle attended the University at Albany, SUNY, where he received a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in the Financial Analyst Honors Program, and a B.S. in Financial Market Regulation. At Albany, Kyle also was a senior member in the Business School’s investment club and earned Summa Cum Laude with Honors distinction as an undergraduate.
He is a Certified Executive Compensation Professional, as designated by WorldatWork.
Experience
Louisa is an Associate at Compensation Advisory Partners (CAP) in New York. Louisa joined CAP in 2020 and has worked with compensation committees and senior management teams to address a wide variety of executive, non-employee director and broad-based compensation issues. She has provided compensation consulting advice across industries, from pre-IPO technology companies to Fortune 100 insurance, financial services and retail companies, as well as family businesses and non-profit organizations. Her work includes annual and long-term incentive plan design, pay-for-performance assessments and IPO-related compensation issues.
Publications and Speeches
Louisa has co-authored CAP research on executive compensation trends including CFO compensation, Investment Banking and Regional Banking pay, and compensation disclosure requirements. Her work has been published by the Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Forum, and she has been a speaker at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Education
Louisa holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University, where she graduated with honors.
She is a Certified Executive Compensation Professional, as designated by WorldatWork.
Experience
Theo Allen is an Associate at Compensation Advisory Partners (CAP) in New York. He has over three years of executive compensation consulting experience, and since joining CAP in 2020 has worked with compensation committees and senior management teams to address a wide array of executive and non-employee director compensation issues.
Theo has experience in peer group development, benchmarking of compensation levels for senior executives, annual and long-term incentive plan design, pay vs. performance validation and development of non-employee director compensation programs. Theo has performed work for large and small publicly traded and private companies in a variety of industries, including banking, insurance, industrials, and apparel.
Publications and Speeches
Theo has co-authored and done extensive research for CAP reports on executive compensation trends including Say-on-Pay and Regional and Community Banking, among other CAP research initiatives.
Education
Theo received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Boston College, with minors in Management & Leadership and International Political Economy.
He is a Certified Executive Compensation Professional, as designated by WorldatWork.
