A Special Session with Laulima Consulting and Canada’s Best Private Boards: Executive Compensation in Private Companies and How Boards Make Executive Pay Decisions

December 3, 2026 | Toronto | DMZ | 10 Dundas St. East, 6th Floor
7:30am – 9:30am

How should private company boards determine executive compensation (without the traditional tools used by public companies or other types of organizations to anchor their decisions)? Increasingly, the boards getting it right are the ones applying informed judgment: deciding what performance really looks like in their business, when a formula outcome should be adjusted, and how to reward and retain leaders without overpaying. 

This interactive session draws on insights from Canada's Best Private Boards and invites participants to share their own experiences, including what has worked, what hasn't and the tough calls they've faced.

In this interactive session, participants will explore:

• how private company boards evaluate executive performance, oversee compensation programs and balance leadership retention with responsible pay practices

• when compensation formulas should be adjusted

• how executive incentives can align with business objectives

• what governance considerations should guide executive compensation decisions.

Participants will leave with practical insights from peers and advisors on executive compensation, board governance, leadership retention, and making confident executive pay decisions in a private company environment.

Topics:

• Benchmarking Executive Talent and Executive Compensation in Private Companies

• Designing Short- and Long-Term Incentive Plans for Private Company Executives

• Balancing Executive Performance, Retention, and Reward

• Board Oversight and Governance of Executive Compensation

• Making Executive Pay Decisions: Balancing Data, Judgment, and Business Objectives