Stephen Cahill is a partner with Farient Advisors. He has 30 years' experience advising companies on compensation and equity incentive strategies with a strong track record in turnaround and growth situations. Stephen is a leading Board-level strategic remuneration advisor experienced in influencing the FTSE 100 Boards and C-suite executives in the UK, Europe, Africa, Asia and America. He has provided advice to half of the current FTSE 100 within the last ten years and has advised some of the fastest-growing FTSE 250, small-cap/AIM clients, and private companies. Stephen also has been a regular contact for regulators for executive remuneration regulation in the UK. Prior to joining Farient, Stephen was the Vice Chair and a Partner at Deloitte in London. He was Global Executive Remuneration Business Leader, led Deloitte’s Chair relationship programme and was Head of the Financial Services Tax Practice from 2014 to 2020. Previously, Stephen was a Worldwide Partner at Mercer in London (where he and Simon were colleagues). He was a Member of Mercer’s UK Executive Board, their Human Capital Leader for Western Europe, and the Human Capital Leader for the Mid-West U.S. Stephen qualified as an actuary in 1996. He has undertaken the Sustainable Finance qualification at the University of Cambridge as well as Inclusive Leadership through Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics.