Retail Industry Executive Pay Experts

Grant advises boards of directors and management teams across a range of industries, with a focus on technology, and retail/consumer. He supports public and private companies ranging from high-growth pre-IPO businesses to established organizations on a variety of executive compensation issues, including incentive plan design, pay benchmarking, and Say on Pay support. Grant graduated from the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University with a BSBA.

Brant has 20 years of executive compensation consulting experience. Brant has led engagements with Fortune 500 firms and addressed rewards needs for pre-IPO firms, start-ups, and PE portfolio firms.

His experience covers a range of industries, enabling a broad view of market practices and supporting the ability to create highly effective rewards solutions.

Prior to Semler Brossy, Brant worked at Mercer. He received his MBA from UCLA Anderson and holds a degree in human biology from Stanford University.

Sam is an engagement manager with seven years of executive compensation consulting experience, supporting Compensation Committees and Management Teams across various compensation and governance topics. He serves clients ranging from long-standing Fortune 500 companies to pre-IPO startups across a diverse range of industries. Sam holds a B.S. from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce where he completed a double concentration in Finance and Marketing.

Alexis works with boards of directors and management teams at both public and private companies across a variety of industries, with a focus in retail and financial services. Alexis has supported organizations through complex transformations, leadership transitions, IPOs, and strategic growth initiatives. Alexis earned a B.S. in Accounting with a concentration in Global Business from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Robert Martin has more than eight years of executive compensation experience advising senior management and boards of publicly-traded and private companies across a range of executive and broad-based compensation topics and governance-related matters. He has experience across many industries with a particular focus in financial services companies including private equity, hedge funds, and investment banks. Robert graduated from University at Albany with a BA in Business Administration with a concentration in Financial Analysis.

Blair Jones has 30 years of executive compensation consulting experience. She has worked extensively across industries and has deep expertise in advising boards on company transitions, significant investor concerns, and an expanding human capital management mandate. Before joining Semler Brossy, Blair was the practice leader in Leadership Performance and Rewards at Sibson and an Associate Consultant at Bain & Company.

Blair holds the designations of Certified Benefits Professional (CBP), Certified Compensation Professional (CCP), and Certified Executive Compensation Professional (CECP). Since 2013, Blair has consistently been named to the D100, NACD Directorship Magazine’s annual list of the most influential people in the boardroom. Blair currently serves on the Mohawk Valley Health System board and leads its Women’s Giving Circle, helping direct philanthropic support to community health initiatives. She also serves on the advisory board for M3 Placement & Partnership.

Greg has nearly 20 years of executive compensation consulting experience, including over 10 years with Semler Brossy, where he currently leads Semler Brossy’s LA office. Greg works across industries and with companies at different stages of growth, including companies in the technology, industrial, retail/consumer goods, and healthcare sectors. He advises companies ranging in size and stage, from pre-IPO and emerging growth companies to established Fortune 50 organizations. He is known for his collaborative approach and commitment to helping his clients find the best solution.

In addition to his experience as a consultant, Greg also worked for several years in a corporate HR leadership role, where he was responsible for leading the compensation, benefits, and HR operations functions for a company with over 50,000 employees.

Mark has nearly 20 years of executive and management compensation consulting experience with Semler Brossy. He advises clients across industries, with a depth of expertise in retail and consumer-facing businesses and financial services. He particularly enjoys helping companies navigate strategic transformation and turnarounds through thoughtful metric selection and goal-setting. Mark holds a BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College.

Marc Baranski has worked with Board members and senior leadership for over 25 years to optimize business performance through addressing significant executive compensation issues that result from growth, expansion into new businesses/geographies, mergers, changes in Management, or change management initiatives. His work with clients is focused on developing reward strategies, identifying performance measurement and management systems, creating talent management approaches, and designing annual and long-term incentive systems for key executives who drive business results.

Prior to joining Semler Brossy in 2008, Marc was a Principal at Mercer, in the human capital consulting business. In his two years with Mercer, Marc was the investment management segment leader for the Global Financial Services Network. Before Mercer, Marc spent 12 years at Sibson, where he helped start and then led that firm’s London office, living in London for 5 years, working with clients in the EMEA region. He also managed the Financial Services Industry Practice and Princeton office.

Austin helps boards make critical decisions about executive pay, especially in moments of rapid growth or reinvention. With over a decade at Semler Brossy, he’s built a reputation for crafting incentive designs that are both analytically sound and refreshingly creative. He reinforces the “golden rule” of pay—that compensation should serve the business, not the other way around—guiding boards to use rewards as a tool to advance their most important strategic goals.

Austin has a unique talent for identifying and addressing the most pressing questions, often anticipating them before they are even posed. He blends rigorous analysis, strategic intuition, and a deep understanding of board dynamics to provide tailored and impactful solutions. Clients appreciate his clarity, composure, and ability to introduce innovative thinking, even in the most complex or sensitive compensation issues.

Before joining Semler Brossy, Austin worked in client services at an HR-focused consulting firm in St. Louis, where he developed his foundational understanding of organizational dynamics and stakeholder needs. Austin earned his B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis.

Sara Bourdouane has nearly a decade of executive compensation experience working with public and private companies across a broad range of industries. She has advised companies through strategic pivots, transformations, IPOs, and significant leadership transitions. Clients appreciate Sara’s ability to create pragmatic solutions by bringing clarity to and fostering alignment on complex issues. Sara holds a BS in Commerce—Finance and Management from McIntire at the University of Virginia.

Justin Beck has nearly ten years of executive compensation experience working with publicly traded and privately held firms. Justin works across a variety of industries, with a focus on consumer products and retail as well as technology, insurance, and healthcare. He serves a mix of private, public and pre-IPO clients and has experience with family-owned companies. He has expertise advising boards through periods of change including company strategy transitions, emergence from bankruptcy, evolving ownership structure, and investor concerns.