Michael Kesner

Mike is an experienced executive compensation professional with over 40 years of consulting experience. He advises a number of companies' Board of Directors and senior executives on executive compensation and corporate governance matters. He is a thought leader, a featured speaker, and author on the topic of executive compensation and corporate governance. Mike has served on the advisory board of Compensation Standards and was a member of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Executive Compensation.

Mike became a partner in Pay Governance LLC in July 2020. He was previously a Consultant to Deloitte Consulting from June 2018 to June 2020, after retiring as a Principal of Deloitte Consulting on June 2, 2018 under the Firm's mandatory retirement provisions. Prior to his retirement, Mike was the partner in charge of Deloitte's US Compensation Consulting practice. He began his career at Arthur Andersen and was the partner in charge of the executive compensation practice until May 2002.