CEO total pay
$14,671,340
Gary D. Burnison · 2025
Say on pay
97%
Latest disclosed shareholder vote
CEO pay ratio
Not in CD&A
Median employee: $108,160
Compensation committee
CD&ACompensation and Personnel Committee
Per the latest proxy
Filings indexed: 2 · 2025 · 2024
Executive pay
What did they pay them?
From the Summary Compensation Table. Pay mix and YoY are computed from these rows.
| Executive | Role | TotalYoY | Pay mix | Salary | Stock | Cash incentive | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary D. Burnison2025 compensation | President and Chief Executive Officer | $14,671,340↑ 21% | 93% at-risk | $1,000,000 | $10,616,012 | $2,922,000 | $95,461 |
Jeanne MacDonald2025 compensation | Chief Executive Officer, RPO | $4,803,663↑ 127% | 70% at-risk | $550,000 | $2,359,107 | $1,019,700 | $874,856 |
Michael Distefano2025 compensation | Chief Executive Officer, PSI | $3,956,157↑ 10% | 84% at-risk | $550,000 | $2,359,107 | $946,550 | $60,732 |
Mark Arian2025 compensation | Former Chief Executive Officer, Consulting | $3,884,944↓ 4% | 76% at-risk | $421,667 | $2,948,900 | — | $514,377 |
Lesley Uren2025 compensation | Chief Executive Officer, Consulting | $1,561,643 | 55% at-risk | $502,410 | $255,584 | $597,879 | $205,770 |
Robert P. Rozek2025 compensation | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Corporate Officer | $6,288,303↑ 16% | 89% at-risk | $625,000 | $4,128,882 | $1,461,000 | $73,421 |
Pay mix: base cash incentive equity other
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Governance
Policy guardrails
hedging
prohibited
“Policies Prohibiting Insider Trading, Hedging, Speculative Trading, and Pledging”
pledging
prohibited
“Policies Prohibiting Insider Trading, Hedging, Speculative Trading, and Pledging”
clawback
present
“Clawback Policy”
stock ownership guidelines
present
“Stock Ownership Policy”
change in control
Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change of Control
“Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change of Control”
compensation consultant
independent
“Independent Compensation Consultant”
compensation committee
Compensation and Personnel Committee
“Compensation and Personnel Committee Jerry P”
Performance markers
Metric facts
median employee compensation
$108,160
“August 1, 2027. Pay Ratio Disclosure The 2025 annual total compensation of the median compensated of all our employees, other than our CEO Gary Burnison, was $108,160; Mr. Burnison’s 2025 annual total compensation was $1…”
revenue
$1 million
“grant stock options. The Committee does not take into account material nonpublic information when determining the timing and terms of grants of equity awards to the NEOs and does not time the disclosure of material nonpu…”
annual incentive payout
150%
“Uren; (2) participation in the Company’s annual cash incentive plan with an annual target award of 150% of annual base salary for Mr.”
say on pay
97%
“votes cast in favor of the advisory vote to approve executive compensation.”
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