In collaboration with the board's executive compensation consultant, proactively review executive compensation matters and trends, and recommend compensation structure and base pay adjustments, annual and long-term cash incentive plan design changes, target bonus levels, equity award guidelines, and competitive executive benefit programs. Work with legal counsel, stock administration, and accounting, to prepare the CD&A for the annual proxy and to ensure the design, monitoring and payout of various cash and equity plans is done in accordance with corporate priorities, governance and accounting practices.